Re: Getting that info

Subject: Re: Getting that info
From: Reshma <reshma_pendse -at- yahoo -dot- co -dot- in>
To: Peter Neilson <neilson -at- windstream -dot- net>
Date: Mon, 4 Mar 2013 18:01:44 +0530

True. Evil, nevertheless.

Regards,
Reshma

Sent from my iPhone, please ignore typos.

On 04-Mar-2013, at 5:40 PM, "Peter Neilson" <neilson -at- windstream -dot- net> wrote:

> On Mon, 04 Mar 2013 03:27:58 -0500, Reshma <reshma_pendse -at- yahoo -dot- co -dot- in> wrote:
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>> Ultimately, tech writers are looked upon as a necessary evil.
>
> Or as an unnecessary evil. SME 'A' told me, "Sorry, I cannot help you. I'm not on that project any more. You'll have to go to SME 'B'." So I went to 'B' (totally new to the project), who began by quoting to me from the existing documentation that I was supposed to rewrite.
>
> The message? "Please go away. Documentation is unnecessary."
>
> The ultimate judgment? Company out of business. Documentation unnecessary.
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