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[Spencer Plantier <spencer_plantier AT yahoo.com>]

Hey Lori,

 

 I guess your still around. How are you doing?

 

Spencer Plantier

Lori Laubach <lorilral1 AT earthlink.net> wrote:

> I don't know whether it's comforting or depressing that my job description exists elsewhere. 
> L3
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: childers.paula AT epamail.epa.gov
> Sent: Dec 31, 2003 3:22 PM
> To: internetworkers AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Subject: [internetworkers] possible job???
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> I don't want to put this on the job board, because it's kind of
> tentative, but I *might* know of a job opening in RTP with a contracting
> company (NOT the co. I work for). Maybe. Possibly. A friend asked me if
> I knew anyone, and I thought I'd see if any INW folks fit the bill. We
> can email directly about the logistics / its actual existence or not...
>
> quote re: job:
> "Basically, it would be for a person to perform administrivia, project
> tracking, and low-level but inordinately "politcal" project management.
> You wouldn't have to be True Geek, but
>  general knowledge of a variety
> of web technologies would be useful to keep you from getting completely
> lost. The most important aspect of the job : the need for astounding
> organizational and "political" skills, and a high tolerance for the
> performance of administrative BS. Description? a secretary and a
> mediator and a writer of elegant politically-correct prose for emails.
> You will be forced to schedule, round up, cajole and generally babysit a
> team of willfull and chaotic geeks; to run, document, and followup on
> nine jillion tedious and politically loaded meetings with every type of
> personality mingling badly; and suffer through being the one person
> holding a project together without anyone ever giving you any credit for
> such. You will always be low man or woman on the totem pole, with
> utterly no decision-making power of your own (other than, perhaps,
> deciding what time to have a meeting). Oh, and it pays not so good,
> either. So why would
>  you want the job? uh, for fun? You like a
> challenge?"
>
> Anyway, email me if you are interested. I can't promise anything, but I
> can pass worthwhile info to my friend there.
>
> Paula
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Spencer Plantier
Internet Solutions Engineer
Cell 919-606-0049

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