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Subject:RE: A technique to get on development's good side From:John Posada <jposada01 -at- yahoo -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Thu, 12 May 2005 10:45:38 -0700 (PDT)
--- "Neumann, Eileen" <ENeuman -at- franklintempleton -dot- ca> wrote:
> Thanks John for posting this. It's food for thought for me. I was
> inspired by this to ask to be included in a series of meetings with
> the users of my procedures, instead of grumbling to myself about
> not being included. Not the same thing as doing folks a favor, but
> a step in the right direction to get myself more involved in the
> business. And as soon as I asked, I was included - no big deal
> actually.
The scary thing is that for X amount of time, they were probably
wondering why you DIDN'T ask to be included. "What is she...too good
for us?" :-)
John Posada
Senior Technical Writer
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amateur built the Ark. A large group of professionals built
the Titanic.? - Dave Barry
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