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Subject:Re: Response to Peter Taylor From:Beth Agnew <BAgnew -at- INSYSTEMS -dot- COM> Date:Wed, 13 Jan 1999 16:34:34 -0500
There's a third option that is very valid in the software development biz -
take out the information you cannot verify. I hate omissions, but incorrect
information is worse than no information. My response to that interviewer
would be that I would spend the half hour removing reference information
that I could not corroborate or test. Better yet, I wouldn't have added
suspect information in the first place.
--Beth
-----Original Message-----
Penny Staples wrote:
There is no magic "correct" answer to this question. Either you send the
documentation out without testing it thoroughly (and risk having it go out
with serious mistakes), or you move the deadline so that you can make sure
that the documentation is correct. You're stuck with picking the lesser of
two evils. So I think it's a fair question for an interviewer to ask -- I
would expect a candidate to talk about what steps to take in deciding on the
best course of action.
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Beth Agnew
Senior Technical Writer, InSystems Technologies Inc.
65 Allstate Parkway, Suite 100 Tel: (905) 513-1400 ext. 280
Markham, Ontario, Canada L3R 9X1 Fax: (905) 513-1419 mailto:bagnew -at- insystems -dot- com Visit us at: http://www.insystems.com
