Re: Job- Sr. Doc. Spec. - Ottawa ON Canada

["Tamminga, Ernie" <et -at- DSC -dot- COM>]

Sounds like fun.
Please forward to me, for our "reserve" files, the resumes of all the
folks who fit all the criteria you list but don't get hired for your
position.   :>)

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Ernie Tamminga
Director, InfoEngineering
Digital Sound Corporation
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Opinions expressed are my own, and not necessarily those of Digital
Sound Corporation

>-----Original Message-----
>From:  Bowering, Chris [SMTP:Chris -dot- Bowering -at- COGNOS -dot- COM]
>Sent:  Friday, June 13, 1997 6:33 AM
>To:    TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU
>Subject:       Job- Sr. Doc. Spec. - Ottawa ON Canada
>
>Documentation Specialist Wanted:
>A small band of experts is working towards the next Cognos success
>story. DataMerchant is a new product under development at Cognos that
>lets users sell data over the World Wide Web. Come work for a "startup"
>within Cognos. Help us design and build the DataMerchant documentation
>set.
>
>You have experience designing and creating documentation sets from
>beginning to end. You possess strong writing skills, a thorough
>knowledge of Help systems (and authoring tools), and experience in web
>authoring and publishing. Knowledge of programming languages and
>relational database products (Oracle, Sybase, MS SQL Server, etc.) is
>also useful.
>
>
>What You'll Do (and What You're Doing Now):
>        Create new ways to document software
>        Work with HTML
>        Spin documentation webs
>        Be creative
>        Have excellent writing skills
>        Lead others
>        Manage projects
>        Do the grunt work
>        Design single-source documentation systems
>        Maintain single-source documentation systems
>        Meet deadlines
>        Attend to details
>        Be a SME
>        Interview SMEs
>        Learn from mistakes
>        Develop extensive hypertext systems
>        Work independently
>        Work as part of the team
>        Despise overtime
>        Work overtime
>        Don't re-invent the wheel
>        Innovate
>        Create WinHelp 4.0 files
>        Understand relational databases
>        Meet project specs without supervision
>        Create project specs
>        Take responsibility for your work
>        Work onLine, onWeb, and onPaper
>        Think graphically
>        Be curious
>        Create graphics
>        Know the issues
>        Know the trends
>        Know the future
>
>Contact:
>If you're interested in joining the DataMerchant team, contact:
>
>Chris Bowering,
>DataMerchant Publications Lead,
>Cognos Inc.,
>3755 Riverside Drive, P.O. Box 9707, Stn. T,
>Ottawa, Ontario,
>Canada  K1G 4K9
>
>email:  chris -dot- bowering -at- cognos -dot- com
>
>No phone calls please.
>
>Visit the Cognos web page at http://www.cognos.com/
>
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