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Subject:RE: BS-ing your way into a Tech Writing job From:David Castro <thetechwriter -at- yahoo -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Sat, 29 Mar 2003 05:22:03 -0800 (PST)
John Posada said:
> David...I don't know about you, but my bank doesn't accept fresh air.
Okay, good point. I was speaking from a position of always having been employed
when looking for a job (or at least having 6 more weeks of severance pay
waiting for me). If I was a bit more desperate, maybe my tactics would change
*a little*. But I won't lie to get a job (see my notes later about the
definition of BS).
> However, not knowing how to do something and not being able to pick it up,
> and not knowing something but knowing that when it comes to know it, you
> will, are two different things.
I agree. To me, BS = lying. Telling an interviewer that you "know some about
xyz" when all you know about it is what you read in a magazine article, and you
know that you can learn enough about xyz to be able to work with it isn't
lying. Saying that you're proficient with *using* xyz when you've never touched
the thing, *that* is lying/BSing.
> Being and staying employed is not a pastime and not to be taken lightly.
> Know your limits, but know your capabilities. Don't accept a position based
> on your limits, but based on your capabilities.
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