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The bit about math homework reminds me of how I started getting better grades in grad school as immediately after I started doing homework in LaTeX. It’s not th
by pmiller2 7y ago
The bit about math homework reminds me of how I started getting better grades in grad school as immediately after I started doing homework in LaTeX. It’s not that I got any smarter, and I don’t think my work improved significantly as a result of using LaTeX. IMO, it was just that my papers literally looked more convincing when they were typeset like preprints rather than handwritten.
- pgt 7y agoI spend a lot of time making my consulting invoices look good, because it seems to justify my rates and impresses the payroll department, who then pays me sooner.
- mlvljr 7y agoThis!
- eyegor 7y agoHow do you make an invoice look good? Fancy letter head?
- Psyladine 7y agoSame way legal departments dress up what are more or less informal requests in high language and good production values. Old manager coined it "the power is in the template", big difference in response rate between an informal handwritten request & a proper looking 'official' request to comply.
- vorpalhex 7y agoMy go to as a freelancer was to buy a nice template (spend $50, it's worth it..) and customize it appropriately. You want something approaching "savvy yet professional" most of the time.
- majewsky 7y agoI like to think that companies respond to my inquiries much quicker and more diligently since I started sending them out as LaTeX-formatted letters.
- pmiller2 7y agoInteresting. What do you mean by "companies" and "inquiries," and what documentclass do you use? Edit: Or, were you joking? ;)
- majewsky 7y ago> were you joking Nope. This is real. > what documentclass do you use dinbrief.cls (the most fitting one IMO since I'm German) > what do you mean by "companies" and "inquiries" Mostly subscription cancellations and asking for refunds.