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Subject:Re: Training New Employees From:Wolf Lahti <wduby -at- PACCAR -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 4 Jan 1996 10:54:36 -0800
>I am interested in hearing about anyone's experience with training new
>technical writers in an environment similar to ours...
>If you have been in a similar situation, have you
>* provided formalized, structured training?
>* provided self-paced training materials?
>* used the old fashioned, seat-of-the-pants, on-the-job-training methods?
The last has always worked for me, although it's usually been 'upgraded'
from 'seat of the pants' top 'trial by fire'.
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