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Re: 12 High-Paying Jobs For People Who Don't Like Math
Subject:Re: 12 High-Paying Jobs For People Who Don't Like Math From:Shawn <shawn -at- cohodata -dot- com> To:Keith Hood <bus -dot- write -at- gmail -dot- com> Date:Tue, 11 Mar 2014 17:41:32 -0700
>Getting a technical review from the SMEs usually took a court order, a
squad of Marines, and the hand of God squashing something nearby to make
the point.
Oh wow, I shed a tear for you.
I've been very lucky and always had a great relationship with SMEs. In one
company, the SMEs actually wrote the content (and I just prettied it up).
Of course, it might help that I keep a well stocked candy bowl on my desk.
;-)
On Mon, Mar 10, 2014 at 6:40 PM, Keith Hood <bus -dot- write -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:
> Really? When did that happen? My comment was meant to indicate I had
> never worked in places where documentation was likely to include a lot of
> calculations, like load bearing. I've always been expected to have to do a
> lot of fact checking. Getting a technical review from the SMEs usually
> took a court order, a squad of Marines, and the hand of God squashing
> something nearby to make the point.
>
>
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*Shawn Connelly*
Technical writer
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