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umichman

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Re: How to shine at you SA - Tips Please

Post by umichman » Wed Apr 06, 2016 8:05 pm

Anonymous User wrote:I was considering subscribing to Grammarly to catch any mistakes for me.
I was thinking the same thing but worried about confidentiality with that. I dont know how secure grammarly is

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Re: How to shine at you SA - Tips Please

Post by Serett » Thu Apr 07, 2016 1:16 am

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Re: How to shine at you SA - Tips Please

Post by dixiecupdrinking » Thu Apr 07, 2016 11:25 am

umichman wrote:
Anonymous User wrote:I was considering subscribing to Grammarly to catch any mistakes for me.
I was thinking the same thing but worried about confidentiality with that. I dont know how secure grammarly is
Yes, absolutely do not send your confidential work product to unapproved third parties.

There is very little you can do that will be useful as a SA but plenty of ways to fuck things up, and this is near the top of that list.

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Re: How to shine at you SA - Tips Please

Post by SplitMyPants » Thu Apr 07, 2016 11:34 am

My firm doesn't allow VPN access. But I figured I'd just use Dropbox to get in those extra "shine" billables from home. /s

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Re: How to shine at you SA - Tips Please

Post by Anonymous User » Sat May 14, 2016 12:11 pm

Bumping as the start date draws near

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Re: How to shine at you SA - Tips Please

Post by Anonymous User » Sat May 14, 2016 1:08 pm

incoming sa that wants to work in a different practice group than originally hired on to. Should I tell anybody this up front or just wait until i get there adn try to get assignments from other group? from what i understand my firm is free market for the SAs. I just dont want to come off as ungrateful to my mentor who is from the group i was brought in for.

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