[Framers] How do you identify an advanced Framemaker user?

[Art Campbell]

Advanced FM users usually have kind of a 1000 yard stare...
And may have little square marks on their faces from banging their heads on
the keyboard.


Art Campbell
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On Mon, Apr 16, 2018 at 10:36 AM, Robert Lauriston <robert at lauriston.com>
wrote:

> If I had a badly maintained FrameMaker book with a lot of cruft on the
> reference pages, inconsistent styles, and so on, I'd ask them to
> identify problems and say how they'd clean them up.
>
> I'd ask to see one or more templates they'd created and have them
> detail the process of creating a new book from them.
>
> Actually, the first thing I'd suggest would be to consider whether
> it's time to move on from FrameMaker.
>
> On Sun, Apr 15, 2018 at 9:31 AM, Carol J. Elkins
> <celkins at awrittenword.com> wrote:
> > Over the next couple of years, I need to help my major client find and
> train
> > an in-house replacement for me as I wind down my freelance practice. They
> > will not consider an independent contractor next time, so it may be
> harder
> > to recruit and identify someone with the required skills. I've built 20
> > years of documentation for this client in unstructured Framemaker, and
> > managing these thousands of documents and books depends less on someone
> > being a good technical writer than being an excellent Framemaker user.
> >
> > For those of you who are corporate employers, I'd like to know how you
> > screen candidates to identify those who truly are advanced Framemaker
> users.
> > Is there a test you employ? Do you ask them to build a template from
> > scratch? Are there certifications that you require? Do you use a
> recruiting
> > service? How would you locate qualified candidates (in addition to
> posting
> > to Frameusers)?
> >
> > Note that I am NOT recruiting; that is still a few years down the road
> 8-).
> > I just need to start thinking about the best way to replace myself. My
> > long-time designated backup is also planning to retire in the next
> couple of
> > years, so I have to start again to find the best person for my job. I am
> > willing to train them how to do my job, but it requires their already
> being
> > a master of Framemaker.
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