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RE: Big bucks in tech writing - are you getting paid?
Subject:RE: Big bucks in tech writing - are you getting paid? From:kcronin -at- daleen -dot- com To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Wed, 23 Oct 2002 11:13:26 -0600
I work on a salary - no overtime compensation. I make it a point not to work needless overtime, by managing projects and expectations, but just last week I worked until midnight on a Sunday. But that sort of thing happens less than once a year. At a previous job, that sort of thing happened quarterly, which is a big part of why it's a *previous* job. <g>
Mercedes? Hummers? I've never cared about cars, probably because for so many years I could never *afford* to care about cars. I just needed something that I could fit my kid and my drums into, and a paid-up membership in AAA. Driving those beaters, I was on a first-name basis with the tow-truck dispatchers!
But I *do* want an outdoor pool table for my patio, bigtime. So I guess I'm yuppie scum after all.
Keith Cronin
I'm not a tech writer, but I play one on TV.
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