Post 2 (again without confusion!) Responses to Interviews:

Due to some complications with my textbook, and misunderstandings, I haven’t turned in my posts on time (actually, I turned in a post 2, but it wasn't about the right topic!) But in hopes to just get a deduction for being “late” since I believe all assignments were postponed to yesterday and Sunday, I will continue to complete them.

Comments on Cathie Jackson’s interview:

I thought this was a very interested blog. The fact that the communication importance is at such a high level being between the government and the people sends home the fact that communication is very important in today’s world. As far as translation goes of the information, I think this is very interesting. A lot of people believe information constantly gets left out in translation, and it is very important to try to include all the necessary information with respectful means to the public. Since the public is a wide variety of people, this is a very difficult and precise procedure. I also agree with the importance of knowing the format for a business letter considering everybody will have to interact with businesses throughout life, and emails have become very, very integrated into part of daily interaction (take this class for example!).

Comments on Amy’s interview with Michael Wald:

(PS- I know a Michael Wald that might have been prePharmacy- did he go to Seneca?)

I thought that it was funny how he brought up that writing is very important in his field, and that sometimes a misunderstanding in writing can be a big problem when dealing with prescriptions! – I can only imagine the problems that could cause! – I agree with good communication skills helping the job environment better, and this can been seen in all job environments!

Comments on Alan’s interview:

I agree that the precise detail of an engineering’s communication and technical writing is very important. One of my friends is a contractor, and with an engineers slight miscalculation, as small as 1/8^th of an inch even, a whole house will not fit together. I think this shows how communication is important in all aspects of every career.

These three interviews, covering a wide variety of jobs, show that communication, and specifics of technical writing, are very important in all work fields.