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Re: I Don't Take Notes (was "The mushroom syndrome")
Subject:Re: I Don't Take Notes (was "The mushroom syndrome") From:"Meek, DavidX L" <davidx -dot- l -dot- meek -at- INTEL -dot- COM> Date:Wed, 20 Jan 1999 14:32:43 -0800
Steve:
I agree with you whole-heartedly and for exactly the same reasons. When I
have been asked to do this, I reply, "I can't concentrate on technical
issues if I'm being a secretary. Tech writer notes are vastly different."
My supervisor/client/employer has to decide what is wanted, and at my wage,
the choice is never "secretary."
I might also add, from personal experience, that once you've been viewed as
a secretary, it's exceedingly difficult to be viewed otherwise. I
volunteered to do this once, and won't ever do so again.
>>Stephen C. Gillespie
Been following this thread for a couple days now, and since no one has
said this, I will: I NEVER volunteer to "take notes"
(minutes, or otherwise) for ANY project meeting I have attended!
--even when the proj lead has asked for volunteers (and some eyes fall
on the "non-engineering type").
Perhaps it's because I've been around this business so long (or just
around), but I've had to fight the "glorified secretary" bias for a long
time (please, no flames, I respect and admire those who labor under that
title!). Again, sorry, but I don't do dictation, no shorthand either!
