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Matthew Horn said:
>First off, you say you "haven't received much negative feedback". I
>would be concerned if I received ANY negative feedback. Maybe you are lucky
>to still have a job.
Then Steven Anderson said:
>What? You have never received negative feedback? Or every time you have,
>you lost your job? My goodness! I'm not sure whether I'm envious of your
>position, or happy that I don't work in that kind of environment.
I think this is just a matter of what kind of "negative feedback"
Anonymous was receiving. If it was the garden-variety
"I'm-the-SME-and-I-don't-like-that-you-put-My-Grand-Idea-in-lowercase,"
that's one thing. If it was the scarier,
"I'm-your-editor-and-frankly-I'm-sorry-I-hired-your-butt" kind, that's
another.
Patty Ewy
(who will be starting a new tech writing job in a week and is hoping for
garden-variety negative feedback, if any ...)
