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Subject:RE: I'm taking my marbles and going home... From:"Andrew Dugas" <dugas -at- intalio -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Mon, 12 Aug 2002 13:24:19 -0700
I agree with separating the two, but I think that realistically, one can
expect the person hiring to get as much bang for their buck as possible.
Assuming the writing skills are more or less equal, they'll hire the person
with the greater skill set. No brainer.
I write well and didn't use to know ANYTHING about programming languages,
etc.
I still write well and have picked up quite a bit of programming know-how
along the way. I think that's why I still have a job in this market; it's
also the reason I keep learning as I go along.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: bounce-techwr-l-88324 -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com
> [mailto:bounce-techwr-l-88324 -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com]On Behalf Of
> John Posada
> Sent: Monday, August 12, 2002 11:11 AM
> To: TECHWR-L
> Subject: RE: I'm taking my marbles and going home...
>
>
>
> I'm sure you'll find that most large web sites (the ones with
> the jobs)
> don't use HTML pages...they are being database driven. The
> "web page" is
> written on the fly. Now, imagine two resumes.
>
> 1) Web content writer. I know how to write well. I also know
> DreamWeaver.
> 2) Web content writer. I know how to write well. I also know
> XML, Oracle,
> asp, and client/server side scripting.
>
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