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Posted by: alexrudloff 2 years, 4 months ago

A good letter of recommendation can take a decent amount of time (and thought) to write. This guide is designed to help demystify the process of writing a reference letter.

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My name is Alex and once upon a time I was the lead developer on the rewrite of Netscape.com (now propeller.com).

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  • Avg rating: (+0/-0 0)QuikAg
    QuikAg
    July 9, 2007, 10:48 a.m.

    I am not sure I would trust JohnQPublic to write a letter of recommendation for anyone. He seems unable to tell the diference between the homonyms "write" and "right"

    • Avg rating: (+0/-0 0)david_nwpa
      david_nwpa
      July 9, 2007, 4:29 p.m.

      I have written a number of recommendations for students and agree with the overall sentiment that John Q. suggests. Honesty and brevity, though, do not always meet. Therein lies one problem. I tend to use just enough words to make my point clear, and stop.

      • Avg rating: (+0/-0 0)Dramaturg
        Dramaturg
        July 10, 2007, 8:11 a.m.

        "OK, he's a nice dude, give him a job"

        :)

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