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> The potential problem I foresee with this approach is that inevitably there will come a time when the "some people" who think a certain "bad practice" choice is good will be the people a writer is working for. Depending on the specific situation, they might actually be right, and even if they're not right, you know that old saying about the boss always being the boss. In
The people you are working for and the people making the answers for
certification are different.
There are times when I know what the right answer to a problem is and
what the manager wants it to be...sometimes very different
I'm OK with that and I understand why both answers, though different,
can be true at the same time. In fact, that probably shows a greater
depth of understanding because it isn't knowing what the answer is,
but WHY the answer is, and why is always harder to know than what. Why
gives you the ability to know When and When Not.
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Senior Technical Writer
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