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Re: Portfolios and writing samples...a little more
Subject:Re: Portfolios and writing samples...a little more From:Elizabeth Ross <beth -at- VCUBED -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 10 Aug 1999 15:52:46 -0400
I merely followed common sense in my interview:
* Material covered by an NDA is not allowed to be given to anyone unless
they have signed a non-disclosure agreement. Since the company I was
interviewing with had not signed an NDA with my (then current) employer, I
did not show ANY of these documents during my interview.
* The software User's Manual which I wrote for the same company was printed
en masse and shipped in the box with the commercially available product.
Everyone who bought VideoCardX got a copy of "my" manual. This was the
writing sample I brought to the interview.
It's not rocket science.
Elizabeth Ross
Technical Writer
V3 Semiconductor Corp.
beth -at- vcubed -dot- com http://www.vcubed.com
