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Subject:Re: The Worst Thing About Contracting From:Chris Hamilton <caxdj -at- EARTHLINK -dot- NET> Date:Sat, 10 Apr 1999 09:37:04 -0400
Wally Glassett wrote:
>
> Let me, then, ask if you believe that staff personnel (AKA "captives")
> should reimburse their employers when they spend time "farting" while on the
> job? Or talking about the weather, news, sports, lunch, spouses, children,
> and all the other non-productive, off task things that use time at work.
I disagree with the assessment of this time as non-productive. The
people with whom I talk to about that stuff are the people I need to get
information from. I make it a point to hang around them to some degree.
In my previous job, I learned the product by going and hanging around
the developers. I'd make it a point once or twice a day to pop in. If
nothing was going on, I'd chat with them a little and leave. But every
so often, they'd be going over things about how the product worked (it
was a complex product). I'd listen and ask questions, and eventually, I
understood. I also created a solid relationship with them and that
helped a lot at review time.
Chris
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Chris Hamilton
Technical Writer
Tampa, FL
caxdj -at- earthlink -dot- net
