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Subject:Re: Various ?s on Breaking In... From:Lynn Gold <figmo -at- RAHUL -dot- NET> Date:Thu, 12 Jun 1997 19:24:19 -0700
Paula Puffer wrote:
>
>Sophie,
>>>>What are the legal/etiquette issues surrounding the use of
>>documents prepared for my current employer as samples in my
>>portfolio?
>
>Get permission from your current employer before you use anything. They
>might have a non-disclosure policy. When I did a manual for the University
>of Arkansas at Little Rock Office of Academic Advising, I got a letter of
>permission to include in my portfolio.
>
>Now I'm in the process of getting permissions from the various companies
>whose web pages I am going to use in my thesis.
I've found most people hiring tech writers expect you to use whatever you
can. Some companies won't officially let you use their documents as
portfolio fodder, yet they expect you to use stuff from OTHER companies
that way.
OTOH, I once refused a job because the company wouldn't even let me take my
work home with me.
--Lynn Gold
figmo -at- rahul -dot- net
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