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The thing that struck me is that they're extremely honest. That one
statement lets you know that you probably need to have some background in
whatever you're doing, you have to have incredible chops, and they're
either a startup, ready to be bought out, or ready to go into bankruptcy.
Not to mention, the SMEs, along with being very busy, must be incredible
POAs (unlike all the darlings we work with).
On Fri, Oct 7, 2016 at 2:20 PM, Keith Hood <bus -dot- write -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:
> Here's a topic for discussion: A while back, I saw a description for a
> technical writer opening. It included one line that I found most highly
> interesting. Along with the usual stuff about required skills and duties,
> there was this:
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> "Must operate independently on tight schedules without placing excess
> demands on subject matter experts"
>
> I can think of two ways to read this, both bad. But perhaps I'm too
> cyncial, and there is a way to read this as an indicator of a positive
> situation. Your thoughts?
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