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Wirt Atmar <[log in to unmask]>
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Cynthia writes:

> One of the biggest problems I've found during my career is the LACK OF good
>  documentation for anyone's position. It's absence just invites these "what
> if you get
>  hit by a truck?" type questions. So if you don't have such documentation,
> FIND the
>  time to write it....include every carriage return (or ENTER, if you will)
> and specific
>  details. Never assume the reader knows much...I wrote assuming the reader
> was
>  HP illiterate.  It paid off when I left, plus it gave me a great sense of
> accomplishment
>  to have done it. I wasn't rewarded monetarily for it, but I got a terrific
> reference out of management there.

Words of wisdom.

Wirt Atmar

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