RE: Writing test Fridays

["James Barrow" <vrfour -at- verizon -dot- net>]

It seems that this is a little like the Peter Principle.  If, over the
course of a tech writer's career or even a generation, tech writers are
granted titles that *appear* to put them on the same plane as developers,
and if tech writers perform stellarly under these titles, doesn't that raise
the entire tech writing profession?

- Jim

-----Original Message-----
Gene Kim-Eng wrote:

I think this is BS.  If a company is willing to pay writers the
salary, then they can raise the pay grade numbers for the
writers.  If a company told me the only way they could pay 
me my required salary was to play these kinds of games
with the job titles, that would end the interview discussion
for me.  One of the things I ask when interviewing for a
tech pubs manager position is if the writer pay grades are
at parity with those of developers, i.e., is "Tech Writer 2"
the same pay grade as "Engineer 2,"  and I expect the answer 
to be "yes."  Hiding tech writers in other job titles does
nothing to raise the "respect" afforded tech writers or the
tech writing profession.

Gene Kim-Eng


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Condo, Candis" <ccondo -at- c-cor -dot- com>

Because it's a matter of money and respect. Mind you, I don't personally
buy into the whole "information engineer" title concept. Years ago,
Intel was using this title, I believe, to force higher salaries for the
writers -- trying to put writers on the same or similar level as the
development engineers. I don't think the ploy worked but I left Intel 10
years ago.


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