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At 6:45 PM 5/19/95, Timothy Schablin wrote:
>Hi. I'm putting together some samples of work that I've done. The samples
>are to show to potential clients.
>Is it safe to reveal the company names that these samples were written for?
>In other words, If a document was written for XYZ company, can I reveal
>XYZ company's name, or do you think that company might not want others to
>see those documents.
>thanks
>timothy schablin
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IMHO, you should check with the company to make sure there is no
proprietary information in your samples. You should get their OK. I don't
think saying you did work for XYZ is a problem, after all, that's what
you'd do on a resume.
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