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Would you rather read a complete Stephen King book to
get to know him, or would you rather sit there with
him over a cup of coffee for an hour with the book
infront of you?
> [...]
> > Besides, how thorough a review is needed? Reading
> a
> > page or two of each type of document and looking
> at a
> > few figures out to tell you if the person knows
> what
> > they are doing.
>
> Exactly. When I review a candidate's portfolio, it's
> about
> getting the candidate to talk about the work. Even
> if I
> were to read the manual from cover to cover, I
> wouldn't be
> getting the insight on how this manual almost never
> went to
>
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John Posada, Merck Research Laboratories
Sr Technical Writer, WinHelp and html
(work) john_posada -at- merck -dot- com - 732-594-0873
(pers) jposada01 -at- yahoo -dot- com - 732-291-7811
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Benjamin Franklin
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