Mark G. Forbes wrote:

> Sam's received some good comments with regard to employment.
> I'd like to add one more point, one which leaped out at me
> when I first saw his posting:
>
> "Spelling counts."
>
> When I see misuse of capitalization, poor structure and
> misspelled words, I visualize a person who's at least poorly
> organized, and quite possibly poorly educated. This is not
> necessarily true; many talented, capable people are poor
> spellers. The talented, capable, *successful* people also
> know that their message will never get across without some
> attention to the picky details.
>
> One of our otherwise brilliant programmers had a recurring
> problem with bugs in new software products. While structurally
> sound, the code contained occasional misspellings of variable
> names, which resulted in some rather arcane errors. This had
> a direct effect on net productivity, since time-to-market isn't
> just development alone....the product has to work, too!
>
> In your quest for fame and riches, get a broad education. Don't

One thing I've noticed about engineers is that most are dyslexic to some extent.As long as you can
count those zero's on your paycheque... ;)

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Tjaart van der Walt
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