Re: Know thy portfolio

Subject: Re: Know thy portfolio
From: Sean Hower <hokumhome -at- freehomepage -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2002 10:31:32 -0800 (PST)



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Andrew Plato wrote:
I never said you had to know every detail. I said you should be able to demonstrate working knowledge of the technology. This is especially true on material in a portfolio - material you're showing off as your best work.
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mmm, okay, that's what I'm mostly saying too...mostly. (or at least trying to say, I've been getting very little sleep lately). :-)


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Andrew Plato wrote:
I have had people show me manuals and brag about how they used FrameMaker and devised this amazing layout. To me that is like telling me you drove a blue car to get to the interview. Its irrelevant if the content sucked or you didn't understand it.
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Agreed in spirit but not in degree. I believe this situation would fall into the "Tool Monkey" category that someone mentioned in a different thread. :-)


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Sean Hower - tech writer
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>I have had people show me manuals and brag about how they used FrameMaker and
>devised this amazing layout. To me that is like telling me you drove a blue car
>to get to the interview. Its irrelevant if the content sucked or you didn't
>understand it.
>
>Andrew Plato
>
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