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Subject:IX-nay (was RE: About Responsibility and Fault) From:MList -at- chrysalis-its -dot- com To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Tue, 8 Apr 2003 12:34:10 -0400
kcronin -at- daleen -dot- com [mailto:kcronin -at- daleen -dot- com] opined:
> Robert wrote:
>
> > In my line of work, I see myself as being responsible for
> providing the
> > best document possible UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES.
>
>
> VERY well put. Excellent post - you just articulated the way
> I approach my
> job, and I've had similar success.
>
> In my case the most frequent challenge I face is TIME. I'm often faced
> with unrealistic deadlines. So I skip the part where I freak
> out over how
> unfair it is to be asked to meet those deadlines, and set my sites on
> getting the best possible work done given those restraints.
> Sure, if I had
> more time, I could do an even better job. But I get it done
> as well as I
> can within the allotted time. And like you, so far I've had
> no complaints.
When you hit those kinds of constraints, especially if you
are a contractor and don't have "liesure" time between deadlines
(ok, everybody stop laughing...), would it be fair to say that
things like real indexes are one of the first things to go?
/kevin
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