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Subject:Re: more #$ -at- %#^&$# secretary stuff... From:David Dvorkin <DDvorkin -at- FRXSOFT -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 12 May 1998 12:27:53 -0600
Mary Durlak wrote:
> Went to talk to a potential client today. Talked to the
> Project
> Coordinator, the lead engineer....got past them, apparently, because
> they
> brought in the Project Manager.
> He asked a few relevant questions (no cannonballs, no
> grenades)
> and then said, "Are you willing to take meeting minutes and make
> copies?"
> Does this *happen* to you gentlemen?
>
>
I has happened to me.
This was at a big corporation where the tech writing group assigned
writers to various development groups, so I was able to refer the
matter to the head of the tw group, who put a stop to it. (She also
told me it was a common problem for her.)
David Dvorkin
FRx Software Corporation mailto:ddvorkin -at- frxsoft -dot- com
(303) 741-8280
