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You could apply the following to the 'tangential assignment' and 'our'
reactions to them.
"When Opportunity knocks, too many people complain about the noise."
> -----Original Message-----
> From: bounce-techwr-l-20951 -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com
> [mailto:bounce-techwr-l-20951 -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com]On Behalf Of Brady, Joy
> Sent: Tuesday, 21 December, 1999 4:10 PM
> To: TECHWR-L
> Subject: RE: FWD: Discouraging supervisor from tangential assignment
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> believe that's an opportunity well worth pursuing. It will aid her when/if
> she ever has the opportunity to document the biggies: DB2, Oracle, etc.
>
> Joy B.
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