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Subject:Re: OT? Ode to Word From:Barry Kieffer <barry -dot- kieffer -at- EXGATE -dot- TEK -dot- COM> Date:Mon, 7 Jun 1999 08:35:29 -0700
Andrew States: <snip>
> If you take a job and the client mandates a tool - you should shut your
> trap,
> smile and do the job professionally, accurately, and as expediently as
> possible.
</snip>
Andrew is spot on here.
Tools are tools, the client is not asking you to change your religion or
gender.
If it is a tool you love, you are lucky.
If it is a tool you hate, you have to prove you are a professional, and
prove that a mere tool can not stop you dead in your tracks.
This is just another opportunity to master a tool you are not yet
comfortable with.
My ten cents worth...
Regards,
Barry Kieffer
Technical Writer
MBD Customer Documentation
Tektronix, Inc.
