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Subject:RE: Portfolie... was Re: Am I experienced? From:"John Fleming" <johnf -at- ecn -dot- ab -dot- ca> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Thu, 19 Oct 2000 10:21:49 -0600
For stuff I have in my portfolio, where it was done for a client or
employer, I make a point of asking for permission to include samples
in my portfolio. Generally, I make a global request. That is, do
they have any problems with me including samples of the work I've done
in my portfolio. If they do, they'll tell me and I know not to use
it.
For material that was not done for a client or employer, I don't
normally have the same concern.
Subject: RE: Portfolie... was Re: Am I experienced?
From: "Rock, Megan" <Megan -dot- Rock -at- fanucrobotics -dot- com>
Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2000 09:14:47 -0400
X-Message-Number: 10
> I'm curious how all of you get copies of things you've worked on in
order to
> put them in your portfolio. Didn't you sign a "non-disclosure"
agreement
> when you hired in? Isn't the stuff you work on considered
proprietary and
> confidential? Do you ask your corporate lawyer and your manager
whether you
> can make a copy of something in order to add it to your porfolio, or
do you
> just pocket the copies without asking?
> I'd be interested in hearing from folks from small start-ups as well
as
> Fortune 500 companies. I'm curious whether the larger, more
competitive
> companies are fussier about letting their employees have copies of
their
> projects for their portfolios.
> Megan E. Rock
> Technical Writer, Product Information
> FANUC Robotics North America, Inc.
> Voice: 1.248.377.7948
> E-mail: megan -dot- rock -at- fanucrobotics -dot- com
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