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Subject:Re: FYI: Tech Com Makes U.S. News & World Report From:Lisa Higgins <lisarea -at- LUCENT -dot- COM> Date:Mon, 9 Nov 1998 13:13:13 -0700
So then, Karen Schriver is all like:
>I wonder if the view it offers actually enhances other's ideas
> of who we are and what we do?
Yes, I thought this was a WONDERFUL story about the
potato-box-writing industry, and am relieved to finally hear more
about this all-to-often ignored technical writing faction.
I assume the salaries they quoted are all for potato-box writers,
too.
Lisa.
lisarea -at- lucent -dot- com
Potato-Box Writer,
Don King Productions.