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Subject:Re: How to I get into this field? From:"John Posada" <jposada99 -at- gmail -dot- com> To:"Cardimon, Craig" <ccardimon -at- m-s-g -dot- com> Date:Mon, 13 Oct 2008 15:03:16 -0400
No fuss...doesn't it make sense that the more complex the subject, the
more important subject matter knowledge is going to be?
For instance, do you think that enthusiasm will be enough to be hired
when you have to write configuration documentation on MPLS Traffic
Engineering?
(I picked that because I'm currently in a Agile Iteration demo of that
feature as we speak)
On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 2:50 PM, Cardimon, Craig <ccardimon -at- m-s-g -dot- com> wrote:
> I KNEW that would cause a fuss. Well, that's been my experience. The
> people I have met will accept enthusiasm over background. What can I
> say?
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John Posada
Senior Technical Writer
NYMetro STC President
'Half this game is ninety percent mental.'
-- Danny Ozark, Philadelphia Phillies manager
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