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Subject:RE: Yahoo has no staff tech writers From:John Posada <JPosada -at- book -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Thu, 10 Oct 2002 18:44:41 -0400
Kevin..
>This reminds me that, when I think back,
>I'm positively amazed at the number of
>really, really fine bosses and cow-orkers I've
>had over the years. May the streak continue. :-)
Really fine bosses and cow-orkers....(cow orkers?) are often a reflection of
the type of person they are managing or working with.
I'll bet there have been some "writers" who don't have the same opinion of
you or your manager.
BTW...has your spell checker ever passed in "doe snot" when it should have
been "does not"...mine did.
John Posada
Senior Technical Writer
Barnes&Noble.com
jposada -at- book -dot- com
212-414-6656
"Be accurate...the 4am wakeup call you prevent could be your manager's"
-----Original Message-----
From: Kevin McLauchlan [mailto:kmclauchlan -at- chrysalis-its -dot- com]
Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2002 6:35 PM
To: John Posada; TECHWR-L
Subject: Re: Yahoo has no staff tech writers
If I want to talk to my chief copy editor, I talk to the
mirror.
My manager is an English/French mix. She doesn't
have all the rules, but she has a decent feel for
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