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Subject:Re: The Kiss of Death From:Layna Andersen <laynaa -at- CARECOMPUTER -dot- COM> Date:Fri, 23 Oct 1998 10:45:06 +0000
> Laurie Morgan, in her response to releasing military backgrounds in a job
> search wrote, "On the other hand, a software development company (where
> there is a cultural emphasis on creativity and flexibility in design of
> both product and documentation) might be uneasy with someone with military
> background, making the assumption (rightly or wrongly) that someone with
> that background might be too rigid and inflexible to adapt to a rapidly
> changing environment."
>
> I am a military retiree with 27 years of service and, while I honor your
> viewpoint, I cannot agree with it on two levels.
Laurie's viewpoint wasn't that military people were rigid and inflexible; her
viewpoint was that *some companies might (right or wrong) make that
assumption*.
From your experience, it certainly sounds like that assumption would be
*wrong* -- but companies do make wrong assumptions all the time.
