Posted by pegasus on February 15, 2006, at 9:18:27
In reply to on knowing 'too much' about your T, posted by asmita on February 15, 2006, at 6:11:42
We had a thread a year or so ago about googling Ts, and practially everyone said they'd done it. Frankly, I wouldn't work with a T that I hadn't checked out on google first. A couple of Ts that I've seen have even had really helpful web sites, with references to cool books, etc. I'm sure they expect to be googled. Or at least, if they're at all technology savvy, they do.
The thing is, they have all of this info about us, and info is power. So it's totally normal to want to rebalance the power a bit by finding out some info about them too. It gives you a better handle on who you're dealing with in such an intimate way.
But, yeah, there is the risk that you'll find out something that makes you uncomfortable. I think that's why a lot of Ts don't disclose much about themselves. Because then they can be whoever the client needs them to be. Which has its benefits for both parties.
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