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>>Naturally, when I showed up I ignored everything, wrote the entire doc
set for >>the product in two months, and had my contract promptly
terminated for failing >>to follow the established style guide.
I must ask if you knew that there were guidelines in place. If not, perhaps
they were a bit too hasty in their decision to terminate you. If you knew
and said to heck with that, then they were absolutely justified. Did you
know either way?
