RE: Professionalism and pay (was RE: 'Know thy audience')

["Dan Goldstein" <DGoldstein -at- riverainmedical -dot- com>]

"Supply and demand" only goes so far. What matters is that the company
demands a tech writer _like me_, and that my skills and attributes are
in rare supply. That's the perception I care about.

-- Dan Goldstein

("... and of my great modesty you say nothing?")  :-)

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Combs, Richard
> Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2007 2:15 PM
> To: TECHWR-L
> Subject: Professionalism and pay (was RE: 'Know thy audience')
> 
> ... Perception, status, professional designation, respect -- 
> none of those matter except to the degree (rather small, IMO) 
> that they may influence the demand or supply. 
> 

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