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Subject:Re: Three biggest lies? (was HR vs...) From:"Hutchings, Christa" <cwhutchings -at- HOMEWIRELESS -dot- COM> Date:Wed, 12 Aug 1998 16:28:14 -0400
Things I've heard during my years in the trenches:
"Our company takes great pride in its technical documentation."
"We've never had any complaints about our documentation."
"You'll have the full support of upper management."
"We're very committed here to producing top of the line documentation."
"Our TWs are respected members of the development team."
"You'll have the opportunity to learn the latest tools here."
"We're going to be moving to online documentation within the next six
months."
And my all time favorite -
"What do you mean you need to know the product name now? Can't you just
do a search & replace right before you go to the printer?"
Chris Welch-Hutchings
Senior Technical Writer
Home Wireless Networks, Inc. mailto:cwhutchings -at- homewireless -dot- com
