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RE: Examining proficiency of job applicants in FrameMaker
Subject:RE: Examining proficiency of job applicants in FrameMaker From:"Goldstein, Dan" <DGoldstein -at- DeusTech -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L (E-mail)" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Tue, 13 Jan 2004 10:47:57 -0500
One advantage of being a Word maven is the lack of emotional attachment. If
your employer decides to switch to a different word processor, you just say,
"Hey, if I mastered Word, I can learn anything."
Dan Goldstein
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andrea Brundt
> Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2004 9:37 AM
> To: TECHWR-L
> Subject: Re: Examining proficiency of job applicants in FrameMaker
>
> With regard to teaching a person how to use FrameMaker, I
> agree. Testing for
> today's tool could hurt you tomorrow, because tools quickly
> become obsolete.
> A year ago, my company used FrameMaker to produce 90% of the
> content. There
> wasn't any particular business reason for that -- it was just
> because we
> were staffed with writers who had used nothing but Frame for a zillion
> years, and who had a demonstrated inability or unwillingness
> to learn new
> tools....
