RE: BS-ing your way into a Tech Writing job (was: The Tech Writin g World)

Subject: RE: BS-ing your way into a Tech Writing job (was: The Tech Writin g World)
From: John Posada <JPosada -at- book -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2003 09:31:55 -0500


Diane...Be dumb once you get the job. Don't be dumb while interviewing.

Would you hire a dummy?

John Posada
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---------- Donkey



-----Original Message-----
From: Diane Evans [mailto:diane_evans -at- hotmail -dot- com]
Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2003 9:28 AM
To: TECHWR-L
Subject: Re: BS-ing your way into a Tech Writing job (was: The Tech
Writing World)

> > I was talking to an ex-manager of mine about job hunting. He told me I
>am too honest and I had to learn to Bull S**t. He said he landed and held
>every job he ever got by BS-ing his way in. Act like you know what you're
>doing and then fake it until you do know it.

I also disagree with this statement. I had a boss early on in the software
industry that taught me the opposite -- the tech writer should be the
dumbest person on the team. That way, when the developers started talking
geek-speak, you could stop them and say, "Huh? Can you explain that in
English?"

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