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Subject:Re: Tech Writer Compensation From:"Shelly M. LaRock" <smlarock -at- MTU -dot- EDU> Date:Mon, 13 Feb 1995 12:25:03 EST
> Why not get as much? Producing brochures is only a different area of
> expertise, yes?
Yes, but if I was producing a brochure or flier for the Physics
department at Michigan Tech announcing their bake sale, I don't
think I would expect to get paid as much as if I was writing the
API manual for a software system like I did this summer.
Perhaps it not really a matter of how much the pay is, but rather
how long it takes. A bake sale flier would take me maybe an hour.
I worked on the API manual and other manuals all summer.
That's my (new & improved) answer and I'm sticking with it. <grin>
