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Re: Anyone Can Write - Just Look At The Job Descriptions
Subject:Re: Anyone Can Write - Just Look At The Job Descriptions From:Jack Allred <jack -at- allrednet -dot- com> To:Gene Kim-Eng <techwr -at- genek -dot- com> Date:Sun, 26 Jun 2011 23:04:19 -0500
Hardly anything rivals trust.
On Jun 26, 2011, at 10:49 PM, "Gene Kim-Eng" <techwr -at- genek -dot- com> wrote:
> In most companies, if your bosses think enough of what you do to let you "make" them do anything, you're in a pretty good place.
>
> I don't mind people saying I make their documents "pretty," as long as I'm the one who defines what "pretty" means.
>
> Gene Kim-Eng
>
>
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> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stuart Burnfield" <slb -at- westnet -dot- com -dot- au>
>> Kay Robart said:
>>> I had a boss one time who actually appreciated my skills but
>>> always explained my function to others as "She's the one who
>>> makes me dot my i's and cross my t's." Eek!
>>
>> Eek indeed. Or: "... and then we'll hand the documents over to you to make them pretty."
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