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Subject:Re: TW's: Unique Traits Required From:Jo Francis Byrd <jbyrd -at- byrdwrites -dot- com> To:"Charter, Tara M." <Charter -dot- Tara -at- mayo -dot- edu> Date:Fri, 31 Mar 2000 15:03:03 -0600
Add "likes dogs and Diet Coke!"
"Charter, Tara M." wrote:
> Our company is hiring another technical writer for software development. HR
> asked me for a list of qualifications. Feel free to add to this:
>
> 1. Scored high on the analytical part
> 2. Independent, self-starter
> 3. Already has the world's problems figured out and is laughing at all the
> people who don't
> 4. Likes cats and Pepsi
> 5. Could decipher a complex mathematical theorem but doesn't really want to
> 6. Able to grasp complex concepts instantly
> 7. Innately understands the reason for something happening
> 8. Highly intuitive
> 9. Able to come up with a solution by daydreaming about it
> 10. Logical and fantastical at the same time
> 11. Both extrovert and introvert
> 12. Finds research fascinating
> 13. Can investigate, supervise, motivate, lead, teach, influence, sell, read,
> write, interpret and explain technical and/or complex information
> 14. Could easily write a computer program but doesn't really want to
> 15. Knows the right word for bugs, boxes, bitmaps, buffers, bytes
