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Subject:Re: PET PEEVE #3148 From:"Race, Paul D" <racepa -at- WHQPOS4B -dot- DAYTONOH -dot- ATTGIS -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 15 Aug 1995 07:56:57 -0600
>From: Debbie Molinaro
>I agree with you, but that wasn't the original topic.
>Someone said they could "learn" FrameMaker in 2-3 weeks.
>I said (with NY sarcasm and disbelief), I think not.
>I will always put the ability to learn (and damn fast) at the
>top of the list.
Well, there's learn and then there's LEARN. If I bring somebody into a
desktop publishing shop that already has templates, style guides, etc.,
defined and supported, and the new person only has to work within the given
environment, I generally have them functional with the basic knowledge they
need in a couple of days.
Especially since, if they get hung, there are usually several other people
who've got a little more knowledge and at least one guru onsite.
If I were hiring somebody to be the resident FrameMaker or Ventura or
whatever guru, and they didn't know the program inside and out, I would
expect a significant learning curve.
I learned everything I needed to know about FrameMaker in a couple days.
That's why I recommended that in our present environment (lots of
contributors to the docs, relatively few professional writers) we use
something else. :-)
