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Subject:RE: On degrees and the like... From:"Giordano, Connie" <Connie -dot- Giordano -at- FMR -dot- COM> To:"'Chuck Martin'" <CMartin -at- serena -dot- com>, TECHWR-L <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Tue, 28 Mar 2000 17:35:23 -0500
Don't I know it--I bless the day I started working here with programmers who
understand the importance of good UI, standards, and QA. Amazing! Such
places really do exist.
-----Original Message-----
From: Chuck Martin [mailto:CMartin -at- serena -dot- com]
Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2000 3:28 PM
To: TECHWR-L
Subject: RE: On degrees and the like...
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Giordano, Connie [mailto:Connie -dot- Giordano -at- FMR -dot- COM]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2000 12:27 PM
> Subject: RE: On degrees and the like...
>
<snip>
> Most programmers I work
> with ask for my
> help, or a Product Manager's, when trying to design the UI,
> because they
> know how to code, and we know how the users want to work with
> it.
Where do you work. Can I work there?
Such programmers are rare, and treasures.
--
Chuck Martin
Sr. Technical Writer, SERENA Software
"People who use business software might despise it, but they are getting
paid to tolerate it....Most people who are paid to use a tool feel
constrained not to complain about that tool, but it doesn't stop them from
feeling frustrated and unhappy about it."
- "The Inmates are Running the Asylum"
Alan Cooper
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