Re: 12 High-Paying Jobs For People Who Don't Like Math

[Shawn <shawn -at- cohodata -dot- com>]

Did we just segue into a conversation on SME communications and work
off-loading best practices?


On Wed, Mar 12, 2014 at 6:02 AM, Lin Sims <ljsims -dot- ml -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:

> Games work well, too. I keep Rush Hour and its cousin, Railroad Rush Hour,
> on my desk as bait.
>
>
> On Wed, Mar 12, 2014 at 8:58 AM, Cardimon, Craig <ccardimon -at- m-s-g -dot- com>wrote:
>
>> Candy is an excellent lubricant in communications.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: techwr-l-bounces+ccardimon=m-s-g -dot- com -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com [mailto:
>> techwr-l-bounces+ccardimon=m-s-g -dot- com -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com] On Behalf Of
>> Shawn
>> Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2014 8:42 PM
>> To: Keith Hood
>> Cc: techwrl
>> Subject: Re: 12 High-Paying Jobs For People Who Don't Like Math
>>
>> >Getting a technical review from the SMEs usually took a court order, a
>> squad of Marines, and the hand of God squashing something nearby to make
>> the point.
>>
>> Oh wow, I shed a tear for you.
>>
>> I've been very lucky and always had a great relationship with SMEs. In
>> one company, the SMEs actually wrote the content (and I just prettied it
>> up).
>>
>> Of course, it might help that I keep a well stocked candy bowl on my desk.
>> ;-)
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Mar 10, 2014 at 6:40 PM, Keith Hood <bus -dot- write -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:
>>
>> > Really?  When did that happen?  My comment was meant to indicate I had
>> > never worked in places where documentation was likely to include a lot
>> > of calculations, like load bearing.  I've always been expected to have
>> > to do a lot of fact checking.  Getting a technical review from the
>> > SMEs usually took a court order, a squad of Marines, and the hand of
>> > God squashing something nearby to make the point.
>> >
>>
>
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*Shawn Connelly*
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