Re: Responsibility

Subject: Re: Responsibility
From: Chris Morton <salt -dot- morton -at- gmail -dot- com>
To: "techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2014 07:04:10 -0800

The inattention paid to the correct writing of the req would lead me to
view the ad with a great deal of skepticism. At this point I don't get too
excited about anything sent to me via Indeed, either.

That said, the req tells me that they really want more of a code
troubleshooter who is comfortable with the entire web stack, front-to-back,
a la something like MEAN.

> Chris

On Fri, Dec 12, 2014 at 6:45 AM, Chris Morton <salt -dot- morton -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:

>
> Could it be a typo, whereby "without" should really be "with"? It wouldn't
> be the first time a job req went out in this fashionâespecially if it had
> any inputs from a recruiting agency.
>
> If it isn't a typo, it sounds to me like the person who wrote the job req
> is ignorant regarding what Dreamweaver is; that is, my guess is that they
> think it's all GUI-based drag 'n drop without any lower-level HTML
> knowledge required. This is obviously a fallacy.
>
> My first inclination is to run away from this job posting as quickly as I
> can, for it reveals much more about that workplace than I care to deal
> with.
>
> On the other hand, if I'm really interested in the gig I might just ignore
> the "without" and proceed with my candidacy. If and when it leads to an
> actual job offer, at that time I could further assess whether or not it's a
> place I'd really care to work.
>
> > Chris
>
> On Fri, Dec 12, 2014 at 4:44 AM, Paul Hanson <twer_lists_all -at- hotmail -dot- com>
> wrote:
>
>> I just came across a job ad for a Technical Editor. This was listed as a
>> responsibility:
>> |
>> Create web pages without Dreamweaver or other HTML editor and troubleshoot
>> HTML style issues, tag issues, etc.
>> |
>> My first reaction is that, within Dreamweaver, I know there is a menu
>> option
>> that will validate your code. If I was troubleshooting "style issues, tag
>> issues, etc", I would probably fire up DW and paste the existing code into
>> the HTML editor window pane of DW and validate the code to at least give
>> me
>> a starting point. I'd also use the HTML validator that the W3 site has.
>>
>> My second reaction is that they want a person who understands HTML tags
>> and
>> doesn't believe a proper web page is saving a Word doc as HTML and calling
>> it a web page, which I think is a valid request since "technical" is in
>> the
>> title's position.
>>
>> What is your reaction to it?
>>
>> Paul Hanson
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Responsibility: From: Paul Hanson
Re: Responsibility: From: Chris Morton

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