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Subject:Re: The Writer's Kit From:Tracy Boyington <tracy_boyington -at- OKVOTECH -dot- ORG> Date:Wed, 7 Jan 1998 08:56:00 -0600
> Seems to me the whole issue of tool ownership and use is like saying
> "I've only ever driven Ford cars -- does that disqualify me from
> applying for a job as a driver of a Toyota?"
This is true for the general issue of tool ownership and use, but in
this particular case it was more like "I own a Toyota and a Chevy, but
Domino's says *anybody* who claims to do pizza delivery drives a Ford
and they'll only hire me if I go out and buy a Ford." The original
question wasn't what should you *know*, but what should you *own.*
> Experienced tech
> communicators should be (and in my experience generally are) able to
> pick up the mechanical skills of individual products fairly easily.
No argument there! :-)
Tracy
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Tracy Boyington tracy_boyington -at- okvotech -dot- org
Oklahoma Department of Vocational and Technical Education
Stillwater, OK, USA http://www.okvotech.org/cimc/home.htm
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