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Re: ethical consulting practices? (Long--but with a possible solution)
Subject:Re: ethical consulting practices? (Long--but with a possible solution) From:Peter <pnewman1 -at- home -dot- com> To:Eric Ray <ejray -at- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Tue, 07 Dec 1999 19:20:20 -0500
As with most professionals. They are so dedicated to the practice of
their profession that they tend to forget that they are in a business.
Peter
Mailto:pnewman1 -at- home -dot- com
Never play leapfrog with a unicorn
Eric Ray wrote:
>
<snip>
> In general, this isn't a simple equation, and recruiters aren't
> out (as a rule) out to screw contractors--it's not in their
> enlightened self interest do to so, and most of them are
> regular people, just like tech writers.
>
> Steering back to technical communication...the more experience
> I get, the more I think that tech comm programs should require
> business classes to graduate (just as business programs often
> require basic tech writing to graduate).
>
