Negasi is a princely name. May his entry into this world be safe and not terribly prolonged.
Inara: You don't have to die alone. Mal: Everybody dies alone.
'Out Of Gas'
Spike's Bitches 48: I Say, We Go Out There, and Kick a Little Demon Ass.
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
WindSparrow - Aug 30, 2013 7:28:35 am PDT #4049 of 30002
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
WindSparrow - Aug 30, 2013 7:30:11 am PDT #4050 of 30002
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
erika you have my sympathies about the cable service. I'm not sorry we aren't paying for it here.
erikaj - Aug 30, 2013 7:31:58 am PDT #4051 of 30002
Always Anti-fascist!
It had been fairly decent, then we bought "the bundle" and now it isn't.
Ginger - Aug 30, 2013 7:45:43 am PDT #4052 of 30002
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Yay, smonster! It sounds like it will be a better place to work without said project "manager."
It's above my knowledge base, I think. We'll see.
They're looking for an editor, not a subject matter expert. What editors can do is make sure the sentences have all their parts and the parts agree. They can also look for occasions when the writer says, "As mentioned above, widget A..." and there's no previous mention. I don't think it hurts to indicate that you think some portion needs clarification from the author.
Go, baby, go!
meara - Aug 30, 2013 7:47:57 am PDT #4053 of 30002
They're looking for an editor, not a subject matter expert. What editors can do is make sure the sentences have all their parts and the parts agree. They can also look for occasions when the writer says, "As mentioned above, widget A..." and there's no previous mention. I don't think it hurts to indicate that you think some portion needs clarification from the author.
Ginger said what I was trying to say, only better. And I'm sure it's all less awful in the light of day and with less headache. :)
beth b - Aug 30, 2013 7:49:01 am PDT #4054 of 30002
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
I' m hoping everyone has a nice calm Friday.
Congratulations,smonster
erikaj - Aug 30, 2013 7:50:36 am PDT #4055 of 30002
Always Anti-fascist!
It's not the cable, so much as...where's all the special treatment people think I get that makes me such a sweet, simple, soul(of course I totally fail at that too.)
Steph L. - Aug 30, 2013 8:10:06 am PDT #4056 of 30002
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
They're looking for an editor, not a subject matter expert.
No, they do actually want people with PhDs (or PharmDs, whatever). I think my resume made it through their first round because of how much experience I have. But I think I fall short on the knowledge side.
I'm not bagging on myself and my abilities; I know what I can do, and do well. But I don't actually have a PharmD.
I'm going to do the editing test to the best of my abilities and see how it shakes out.
meara - Aug 30, 2013 8:28:24 am PDT #4057 of 30002
No, they do actually want people with PhDs (or PharmDs, whatever)
Yeah, but having met a lot of PhDs...how many of them are actually good editors? I'm guessing vanishingly few.
Connie Neil - Aug 30, 2013 8:34:33 am PDT #4058 of 30002
brillig
I applied for a job at a library on the basis of my ten years in catalog upgrading, and I got a very nice personalized letter back saying they wished they could hire me but they were locked into getting someone with a masters of library science. Apparently there had been comments of "She would understand the computers! And know what we were talking about!"
I think there's a niche out there for interpreters between the computer people and the non-techies. I remember a nerd quiz like that.