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RE: Slightly off-topic but, I hope, not unwelcome

Subject: RE: Slightly off-topic but, I hope, not unwelcome
From: Gene Kim-Eng <gene -at- genek -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Wed, 09 Apr 2003 19:33:41 -0700


I think this person must have ended up working for the company I just left.
It was my worst editing-related nightmare, he was in charge of the corporate
style guide, and despite my being the technical communications manager,
I had no authority over him (don't ask what coporate managerial logic led to
that). He had about a dozen different "authoritative sources" cited in that
guide, which he would wade through until he found one that supported his
stylistic preferences, even if all the others disagreed. And he knew next to
nothing about the tech of the products we were documenting.

Gene Kim-Eng



At 11:42 AM 4/9/2003 -0600, Lyn Worthen wrote:

On the downside, I once worked with an editor who felt the need to re-write
nearly every word (I think they must have gotten a discount on red pens
bought in bulk..!). Most of the comments were purely stylistic, and many
contradicted the conventions that had been adopted for the project. This
was not an editor I hired for future projects.



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