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Yes, I was going to put that in. There's a way to do this politely. Not speaking from experience, of course. :) (Nor the other way!:)
Steve
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From: On Behalf Of Dan Goldstein
Sent: Friday, June 03, 2011 11:40 AM
To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Subject: RE: Persistence in tech writing
I said, *politely* persistent. Hey, you kids, put down that engineer...!
-----Original Message-----
From: Janoff, Steve
Sent: Friday, June 03, 2011 2:33 PM
To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Cc: Dan Goldstein
Subject: RE: Persistence in tech writing
Could be just me but I think by persistence they mean tenacity and
follow-through, not necessarily persistence in regard to others and
probably not persistence in regard to interviewing others. I.e.,
getting information out of them. I.e., turning them upside down and
shaking them. :)
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