RE: STC certification: what's in it for tech writers?

["McLauchlan, Kevin" <Kevin -dot- McLauchlan -at- safenet-inc -dot- com>]

> From: Laura Lemay [mailto:lemay -at- lauralemay -dot- com]
> 
> 
> On Oct 26, 2011, at 9:54 AM, McLauchlan, Kevin wrote:
> > Thirty-six-hour and longer shifts running on nothing
> > but caffeine. Supposed to toughen the minions before
> > they can progress, or to weed out the weak ones,
> > but it also subjects patients to treatment by
> > sleep-deprived, shaky, possibly hallucinating
> > junior practitioners, with varying levels of
> > competent (and well-rested?) oversight.
> ...
> > Not sure what the equivalent would be in
> > apprentice-TW land.
> 
> I know the ship date is tomorrow, but I thought the UI looked better
> with this new widget arrangement and with these new fonts. It was only
> a two-line change.  Also I did a search and replace and renamed all the
> instances of "database" in the UI to "SQL," because that is more
> technically accurate.  What?  Why are you screaming?
> 

I stand corrected. I _do_ know what the equivalent would 
be in TW-land (apprentice or not). I had briefly succeeded 
in blocking that sort of thing out of my memory. You've 
brought it all back. I hate you.

 - k


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