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Subject:RE: The word for today From:"Combs, Richard" <richard -dot- combs -at- Polycom -dot- com> To:"Keith Hood" <klhra -at- yahoo -dot- com> Date:Fri, 18 Dec 2009 14:54:58 -0700
Keith Hood wrote:
> I found this on the Monster web site. Let's see who's still awake: a
> notional cookie will be awarded to the first person to spot the
problem in
> this description of job requirements, which is reproduced here
verbatim.
>
> "Technical Writer,technical editor, document perpetration, desktop
> publishing,automated work processing, Word, Excel, Report Writing"
OK, now we have a new contender for a fancy title to replace tech
writer. How does "Senior Document Perpetrator" grab you?
I wouldn't mind that, especially if I could do more automated work
processing. ;-)
Richard G. Combs
Senior Technical Writer
Polycom, Inc.
richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom
303-223-5111
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rgcombs AT gmailDOTcom
303-777-0436
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