TechWhirl (TECHWR-L) is a resource for technical writing and technical communications professionals of all experience levels and in all industries to share their experiences and acquire information.
For two decades, technical communicators have turned to TechWhirl to ask and answer questions about the always-changing world of technical communications, such as tools, skills, career paths, methodologies, and emerging industries. The TechWhirl Archives and magazine, created for, by and about technical writers, offer a wealth of knowledge to everyone with an interest in any aspect of technical communications.
Subject:Re: FW: more #$ -at- %#^&$# secretary stuff... From:Marilynne Smith <marilyns -at- QUALCOMM -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 12 May 1998 15:16:13 -0700
You can always work with the secretary until she does the documentation
properly. It's a useful bit of knowledge that she/he can always use later
on other jobs.
Marilynne
At 5:41 PM -0400 5/12/98, Tracey Moore wrote:
>Problem with going ahead and doing this stuff--
>
>I had the opposite experience. I was asked to make copies and bind my =
>proposals, and I wanted to do it as I was afraid the secretary would =
>screw it up (control freak, oh yeah). My boss stopped me and said it =
>wasn't a good use of my resources, get the secretary to do it. And when =
>I thought about it, he was right.
>
>
~!~ ~!~ ~!~ ~!~ ~!~ ~!~ ~!~ ~!~ ~!~ ~!~ ~!~ ~!~ ~!~ ~!~ ~!~
Marilynne Smith Sr. Technical Writer
QUALCOMM marilyns -at- qualcomm -dot- com
"We'll have the whole world talking"
