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>I'm about to switch jobs. I was wondering what most people do with their
>old files. Do you take them with you? Do you throw them away? Do leave them
>with the person taking your position?
>
>When I say old files I am referring to paper copies of documents, notes,
>review copies, etc.
When I left my last job (Oct. 1997), I left behind a network subdirectory
containing 180 zipped files and one Word file. The zipped files contained
documents (paper, WinHelp, html help systems, PowerPoint presentations, and
graphics) of everything I had written in nearly four years at that company.
The Word file identified each of the zipped files and described the contents.
As far as I was concerned, those zipped files represented the company's
documentation department history and backup.
Best,
Denise L. Fritch
Sr. Tech Writer
IntelliCorp, Inc.
