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Subject:Re: Definiing your role From:byfield -at- DIRECT -dot- CA Date:Wed, 4 Dec 1996 13:05:48 -0800
Ginna Watts <gwatts -at- PIM -dot- BC -dot- CA> writes:
>Am I wrong in being uncomfortable with this? I feel that it should not be
>up to me to bring the rest of the team on board. If the documentation
>decisions are based on time, money etc., then I could live with doing less,
>but I hate feeling like I have to defend my job, especially when I'm so
>new.
Are you sure you're being asked to defend? It might be possible to see
the request as an opportunity to educate the rest of the development
team on what a writer does, and so improve working relations all around.
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Bruce Byfield (byfield -at- direct -dot- ca)
Burnaby, BC, Canada
(604) 421-7189
