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Subject:Re: Programming Tools -- How Prevalent From:David Blyth <dblyth -at- QUALCOMM -dot- COM> Date:Sat, 1 Jun 1996 15:11:38 -0700
>Oh, yeah...one last thing. I know and accept that sometimes all you can do is
>polish turds.
The problem is that we must have the turds before they can be polished.
I knew one writer whose deadline was Monday - and the first demo of how
his product _might_ work was Tuesday (yes, the same week). That was his
first opportunity to get _any_ product information - including
engineering specs.
>Understand that either I've been VERY lucky to have worked at three separate
>organizations (consecutively) that were extremely pro-tech writer, or I've
>been
>able to bring something to my position that was unusual.
Consider yourself extremely lucky. We all bring a very rare attribute
to our companies - we understand the software and we know how to write.
David (The Unbiased) Blyth
Technical Writer & Web Site Designer
Qualcomm
The usual disclaimers apply - QUALCOMM isn't that crazy.
Blodo Poa Maximus
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