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Subject:Re: What kind of names do you make up? From:"Merrick, Tim" <tim -dot- merrick -at- LSIL -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 10 Jun 1999 12:17:39 -0500
John Posada wrote <snip>:
The question: have you, as the writer, ever used your
own name as the contact? It sure would eliminate the
problem we all have when showing our portfolios in
interviews.
John,
Be sure to include the developers' names, addresses, and phone numbers <g>.
Tim Merrick
Technical Publications
LSI Logic Storage Systems
(316) 636-8011
tim -dot- merrick -at- lsil -dot- com <mailto:tim -dot- merrick -at- lsil -dot- com>