Comments on: Yes, I like to nitpick sometimes. Is this bad? http://wolfangel.calltherain.net/archives/2005/02/26/yes-i-like-to-nitpick-sometimes-is-this-bad/ this is a wolf angel & it eats the people it's supposed to help. A wolf angel is not a good angel to have looking out for you. Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:06:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.2 By: profgrrrrl http://wolfangel.calltherain.net/archives/2005/02/26/yes-i-like-to-nitpick-sometimes-is-this-bad/#comment-4842 profgrrrrl Sat, 26 Feb 2005 16:20:58 +0000 http://wolfangel.calltherain.net/archives/2005/02/26/yes-i-like-to-nitpick-sometimes-is-this-bad/#comment-4842 Yes, I am irritated by these things too. I don't mind blog and email typos -- I do them all the time myself -- but if your context is getting a job you really need to have everything perfect. Yes, I am irritated by these things too. I don’t mind blog and email typos — I do them all the time myself — but if your context is getting a job you really need to have everything perfect.

]]> By: terminaldegree http://wolfangel.calltherain.net/archives/2005/02/26/yes-i-like-to-nitpick-sometimes-is-this-bad/#comment-4843 terminaldegree Sat, 26 Feb 2005 20:42:25 +0000 http://wolfangel.calltherain.net/archives/2005/02/26/yes-i-like-to-nitpick-sometimes-is-this-bad/#comment-4843 I can't spell to save my life. In e-mails to friends, I don't worry about it. (E-mails to students and colleagues, on the other hand, get reviewed by spellcheck twice.) But on a blog related to finding a job? I think I'd use spellcheck on everything, or hire someone to proof my work. Sloppy work does make a bad impression. That's not being nit-picky. It's just being a details person. I can’t spell to save my life. In e-mails to friends, I don’t worry about it. (E-mails to students and colleagues, on the other hand, get reviewed by spellcheck twice.)

But on a blog related to finding a job? I think I’d use spellcheck on everything, or hire someone to proof my work. Sloppy work does make a bad impression. That’s not being nit-picky. It’s just being a details person.

]]> By: wolfangel http://wolfangel.calltherain.net/archives/2005/02/26/yes-i-like-to-nitpick-sometimes-is-this-bad/#comment-4844 wolfangel Sat, 26 Feb 2005 20:55:36 +0000 http://wolfangel.calltherain.net/archives/2005/02/26/yes-i-like-to-nitpick-sometimes-is-this-bad/#comment-4844 This was actually someone looking to hire. I would be unimpressed about working for a texty company where there are obvious spelling mistakes in the webpage, though. Then again, were I desperate enough . . . But I have to deal with the long-postponed "please hire me!" emails now, and I have to figure out how to respond to them. This was actually someone looking to hire. I would be unimpressed about working for a texty company where there are obvious spelling mistakes in the webpage, though. Then again, were I desperate enough . . .

But I have to deal with the long-postponed “please hire me!” emails now, and I have to figure out how to respond to them.

]]> By: yami http://wolfangel.calltherain.net/archives/2005/02/26/yes-i-like-to-nitpick-sometimes-is-this-bad/#comment-4847 yami Sun, 27 Feb 2005 02:54:17 +0000 http://wolfangel.calltherain.net/archives/2005/02/26/yes-i-like-to-nitpick-sometimes-is-this-bad/#comment-4847 I like prospective employers with poorly-spelled job offers. I assume it means they have ridiculously low standards and will fawn all over me while I spend 4+ hrs/day goofing off on the internet. I like prospective employers with poorly-spelled job offers. I assume it means they have ridiculously low standards and will fawn all over me while I spend 4+ hrs/day goofing off on the internet.

]]> By: Rana http://wolfangel.calltherain.net/archives/2005/02/26/yes-i-like-to-nitpick-sometimes-is-this-bad/#comment-4875 Rana Sun, 27 Feb 2005 23:23:06 +0000 http://wolfangel.calltherain.net/archives/2005/02/26/yes-i-like-to-nitpick-sometimes-is-this-bad/#comment-4875 Hee. yami, that's a pretty good approach! Hee. yami, that’s a pretty good approach!

]]> By: wolfangel http://wolfangel.calltherain.net/archives/2005/02/26/yes-i-like-to-nitpick-sometimes-is-this-bad/#comment-4881 wolfangel Mon, 28 Feb 2005 00:56:32 +0000 http://wolfangel.calltherain.net/archives/2005/02/26/yes-i-like-to-nitpick-sometimes-is-this-bad/#comment-4881 That also works, Yami. Maybe I should try that kind of job instead. That also works, Yami. Maybe I should try that kind of job instead.

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