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Subject:Re: Versatility - how much is a good thing? From:Jonathan Soukup <jsoukup -at- AIRMAIL -dot- NET> Date:Tue, 17 Aug 1999 12:06:37 -0500
I went to a job interview a few months ago and I was told ahead of time I
would need to submit a writing sample. I thought, "Gee, no big deal." When I
arrived for the writing assignment, they asked me to write a memo about a
given situation. I was incensed. I have never felt less like a tech writer
than I did at that moment. I trudged through it drudgingly. In hind site,
I'm glad I don't work there as a secretary.
