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Subject:Re: Techwriter Aptitude Test (A Daydream) From:Tom Johnson <johnsont -at- FREEWAY -dot- NET> Date:Wed, 12 Nov 1997 07:54:16 -0500
M. Dannenberg wrote:
>
>
> Well well. Another of my pathetic little illusions cruelly shattered.
> OK. Serious. Reading the docs is usually the first thing I do, and I
> think it has always helped me understand things faster than by just
> playing around. Even if the documentation is lousy, it usually provides
> at least some kind of useful information that would be very hard or even
>
> impossible to find out otherwise. Dear me, here I am justifying the
> value of reading documentation on the bloody techwriter list! Well,
> anyway folks, why not give it a try sometime, you might be surprised.
>
> Mike
>
Mike,
I can't remember your original post exactly. If you are thinking about
hiring someone, it sounds like you're looking for a clone of yourself.
That might not be the best thing. Maybe you should be looking for
someone who works differently than you do. Opposites tend to complement
each other. You might find another viewpoint very refreshing and
enlightening.
--
Tom Johnson
