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Richard U
Richard U
2:05 PM
@JimG. he probably laments the fact that he only has 24 votes per day.
 
 
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enderland
enderland
6:10 PM
I think close votes scale with reputation, not sure how much or how though @RichardU
 
Lilienthal
Lilienthal
6:57 PM
@DavidK They're a distinct concept in Academia. The legal professions might still use them occasionally but even that I'm doubtful about.
Beyond that, reference letters in most offices in the US aren't worth more than the paper they're printed on.
Interestingly, some European countries still seem to use them.
But here they also don't seem to even do reference checks which is just baffling to me.
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A: is "that's not your job" helpful?

Richard UReally, nothing should be said without a bit of context. A previous boss of mine used to like to say "If you do it once, it becomes your job" as a caution against being too helpful because the end users would get used to it and expect it. A saying like that can appear snarky and unhelpful witho...

@RichardU I'd suggest rephrasing your last sentence here. I think you're main point is that he message can be a reasonable answer in many cases and you're secondary point is that in some of those cases a terse answer can stand on its own. But the way it came across to me on first read it felt like you're recommending being that terse in all those cases.
 

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