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Subject:Re: Using the Sunday paper From:Marcia Coulter <NOTJUST -at- IX -dot- NETCOM -dot- COM> Date:Fri, 17 Mar 1995 12:26:54 -0800
On Wed, Mar 15, 1995 Marcia Coulter wrote:
>>As a free-lancer, I use the want ads in the Sunday paper all right,
>>but I look for companies hiring programmers -- on the assumption that
>>if they need them, eventually they'll need me too. Works pretty well,
>>actually.
On Thurs, March 16, 1995, Shelly M. LaRock wrote:
>Then it's OK to do this? ...
What would make it "not OK"? You're *anticipating* the needs of your
client, an activity that most developers like in their staff. And you're
showing them that you won't wait for someone to come to you for
information; that -- when necessary -- you'll go out and dig it up on
your own. Sum it up by calling it "pro-active."
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Marcia Coulter
notjust -at- ix -dot- netcom -dot- com
