RE: "Good enough"

["Cardimon, Craig" <ccardimon -at- M-S-G -dot- com>]

I come at TW from a background in newspapers. You don't miss deadlines
in the news business. That's why they're called "dead lines." Cross them
and you're as good as dead. Your business is, anyway.

Sometimes people have a tendency to think that with an MA in English,
I'm focused on literature and punctuation. I can be if the situation
calls for it. In business, I'm focused on deadlines and getting the
product out the door. 

The master's carries a lot of weight, but my experience writing/editing
copy and meeting deadlines is the icing on the cake that really sells
the academic knowledge promised by the degree.

Does that make sense?

-- Craig

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Victoria Wroblewski [mailto:victoria -dot- wroblewski -at- eagletest -dot- com]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2008 11:46 AM
> To: Cardimon, Craig; Techwr-l
> Subject: RE: "Good enough"
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Cardimon, Craig
> Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2008 7:42 AM
> To: Techwr-l
> Subject: "Good enough"
> 
> > My question for you folks is, how do you all cope with "good
enough,"
> > and how often does it show up?
> 
> I was recently talking with a non-TW who deals with some TW during the
> course of business.  When the subject of deadlines came up and I was
> asked what I do when I miss a deadline, all I could say was "I don't."
> Cue the "deer in headlights" look from the other person.  I tried to
> explain that really, I've never missed a deadline that was not due to
a
> technical difficulty outside of my control.  The blank stare
continued.
> I tried to go further, explaining that if a un-movable deadline is
> approaching and it's looking tight, you go to the "good enough" place.
> Figure out what is important and not important, what can and cannot be
> done in the timeframe, and make sure everyone involved in the project
> knows what the situation is.  The person really could not put it in
> perspective.
> 
> I'd hate to be a tech writer at that shop.
> 
> - V
> 
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