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Re: One easy lesson (WAS: Tech writing interviews)
Subject:Re: One easy lesson (WAS: Tech writing interviews) From:George Mena <George -dot- Mena -at- ESSTECH -dot- COM> Date:Fri, 16 Oct 1998 19:02:31 -0700
Dave's hit the proverbial nail, folks. :D There are a lot of those types
out there looking for the "one easy lesson!"
I remember interviewing for a TW job in Mountain View once: the pubs
department at the time was using Ventura and the interviewer was bemoaning
how the department couldn't use AutoCAD-based artwork in their Ventura-based
documents. When I told him that wasn't true -- and told him how to do it --
he wound up passing the info on to his pubs manager. There was supposed to
be a second interview, but it never showed. And I have a feeling I now know
why, the dogs...
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David B. Demyan [SMTP:dbdemyan -at- WORLDNET -dot- ATT -dot- NET]
> Sent: Friday, October 16, 1998 9:46 PM
> To: TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU
> Subject: Re: Tech writing interviews
>
> Mona:
>
> Maybe they were looking for "one easy lesson." I'm always
> careful how much technique I give to interviewers, since they
> can always apply your good advice to their own staff!
>
> Dave.
>
[George Mena] snip
