Re: Short-term C# Positions Open

Although I agree with the post ( that it seems to be typo ), I agree with
Paul too that it is first impression that matters ( unfortunately ). I would
have reacted similarly as Paul ... :(

-----Original Message-----
From: Paul Mehner [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2002 10:29 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [DOTNET-JOBS] Short-term C# Positions Open


> To be fair, the 'mistakes' in Tomas' post look to me like the usual
typos etc.
> that you get from typing quickly in a listserver post  - they don't
look like
> problems of poor understanding of English, so I doubt you could use
them to
> make any deductions about likely quality of documentation

I am a potential employer, and a potential customer. You can believe
that it doesn't matter if you wish, or you can imagine that I am some
non-representative ogre of a school teacher; however, this will not
change the reality that I reached an immediate negative opinion based on
his post. On the topic of development and documentation, the poster
emphasized how English was his firm's first language. If a car salesman
showed me a new car with a cracked windshield and a sprung door, but
tried to tell me that my car would be different, I would walk off the
lot.

Studies have shown that once an opinion has been solidified in the mind
of the prospect or employer, it takes an average of seven contradictions
to that opinion to bring about a change. When soliciting business and
employment, quality _does_ count. First impressions are lasting ones. In
my opinion, it is a mistake to pretend that email is different from
other forms of correspondence.

I promise that I won't say another word about this, so no further posts
please.

--Paul