<![CDATA[I have my first research assistant and got an email from HR with a bunch of admin stuff I need to do.]]>I have my first research assistant and got an email from HR with a bunch of admin stuff I need to do.

I will never complain about software documentation ever again; this stuff is a nightmare. Acronyms are used all over with no explanation, instructions to go to some web service or other without a link to it, training materials so complicated that there are training materials FOR THE TRAINING MATERIALS. This is completely unintelligible.

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://indieweb.social/users/CassandraVert/statuses/116256467598350226https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://indieweb.social/users/CassandraVert/statuses/116256467598350226Thu, 19 Mar 2026 15:08:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I have my first research assistant and got an email from HR with a bunch of admin stuff I need to do. on Thu, 19 Mar 2026 14:00:39 GMT]]>@eliocamp I sympathize. It's not much better in industry either.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://chaos.social/users/sennoma/statuses/116256200430351073https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://chaos.social/users/sennoma/statuses/116256200430351073Thu, 19 Mar 2026 14:00:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I have my first research assistant and got an email from HR with a bunch of admin stuff I need to do. on Thu, 19 Mar 2026 13:50:39 GMT]]>@eliocamp This sounds very familiar, except I've never seen the light of any training materials (good or bad)...

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