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RE: 12 High-Paying Jobs For People Who Don't Like Math
Subject:RE: 12 High-Paying Jobs For People Who Don't Like Math From:"Cardimon, Craig" <ccardimon -at- M-S-G -dot- com> To:"'shawn -at- cohodata -dot- com'" <shawn -at- cohodata -dot- com>, 'Lin Sims' <ljsims -dot- ml -at- gmail -dot- com>, 'Keith Hood' <bus -dot- write -at- gmail -dot- com> Date:Wed, 12 Mar 2014 14:44:07 +0000
We do the best segues here, just before Al or Connie justifiably lowers the boom on us!
From: Shawn [mailto:shawn -at- cohodata -dot- com]
Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2014 10:40 AM
To: Lin Sims
Cc: Cardimon, Craig; Keith Hood; techwrl
Subject: Re: 12 High-Paying Jobs For People Who Don't Like Math
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<mailto: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<mailto:ccardimon -at- m-s-g -dot- com>> wrote:
Candy is an excellent lubricant in communications.
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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<mailto: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
Technical writer
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