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"Seriously, there are significant costs involved in hiring someone who
has
never used the DTP tools that your doc department uses. "
That's true for contractors, not for permanent employees.
And:
"I don't care if everyone else said they learned Framemaker in a week,
it
took me months to get where I am (and I am still learning)."
Do you know how to type? Then I can't believe you couldn't use
FrameMaker within a week. When I said I learned to use it in a week, I
sure didn't mean I learned everything there is to know about it. Since
you're still learning, if a prospective employer told you you'd have to
do something with FrameMaker that you had never done before, would it be
a good decision if the employer decided that you couldn't do the job?
Beth
