At 9:21 AM -0700 5/11/98, Keith Howell wrote: > If someone is not able to spell in their > own language, or is too sloppy to care about details, then I would > not employ them to produce good quality work. The comment about > mis-spelt variable names holds true. This has not been my experience. There are many types of engineers. In my experience, the creative spellers also tend to be creative engineers. The spelling 'bean counters' also make good engineers, but of a different type. I have found that it is good to have both types on staff. By being prejudice against one type or the other, you cut yourself off. You can hire a minimum wage worker to edit and respell the poor spelling engineers work, but you cannot hire a minimum wage design engineer to create for the good speller. Sometimes you can find the all around perfect person, but they are few and far between. As a job applicant, you should put your best foot forward and spell check your work and go the extra mile. But as an employer, you should keep an open mind and judge on the employees worth to the company. -Chuck- __________________________________________________________________________ Chuck Rice