Re: Department of redundancy department

["Chris Christner" <cchris -at- toptechwriter -dot- us>]

Eva Whitley wrote
> Jack L. Chalker, RIP Dec. 17, 1944-Feb. 11, 2005> From a document my collegue is editing: "Each switch is populated with
> various modules. In some instances, these modules are redundant and in
> other instances they are not redundant."
> 
> So, is this statement redundant?
> 

Naw, just a writer who's either too lazy to  list the different
configurations in a table or else hasn't been able to get the SMEs to
cough up the info.

That sort of statement in a manual is the sort of thing I look for when
reviewing a job candidate's portfolio. It's a reliable indicator of sloppy
work. I wouldn't refuse an interview to someone who wrote this, but I'd
ask lots of questions about his or her work habits.

--Chris

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