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Subject:RE: Boss key From:John Posada <jposada01 -at- yahoo -dot- com> To:techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com Date:Wed, 28 Mar 2007 07:19:16 -0700 (PDT)
> If I plan to do anything that might be perceived as
> goofing off (e.g., participate in e-mail lists), I discuss
> the idea with my boss as a colleague first. If we agree that
> the occasional gems I glean are worth the
I've had three gigs where this subject came up.
Where I am now, my manager not only knows that I participate in these
lists, but will, time to time, ask me to post a question. In fact,
the company has a web page with guidelines on how to participate
(what to say and not say) in lists, blogs, etc.
A previous gig, my instruction was to not include the company name in
the post, such as a sig, because they wanted to make sure that if
someone did a search on the company name, my posts wouldn't be
included in the results.
And, BTW, when I was being considered for this position, they did a
search on my name and it was because of my posts (what I say and how
I say it) on this and framers that added to their opinion to
interview me.
John Posada
Senior Technical Writer
"They say everyone needs goals. Mine is to live forever.
So far, so good."
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