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I read with great interest the posts on Tech writers
salaries. I am going into my first fulltime Tech
Writer job. After a couple months of looking, in one
week I received three job offers.
I was so pleased with the first offer that I verbally
accepted it on the phone. It offered 57,5 to start
with a 2K signing bonus and stock options. This job is
in another city a few hours away from where I am now.
I used to live there, have more friends there and I
know that the cost of living is slightly higher and
distances to travel longer. I would be the only tech
writer in that particular department so I think I
would be able to influence directions of projects,
have more flexibility as well as responsibility. The
salary of an offer in the city I am in now is higher
at 60K and I would be a member of a technical writing
team. Both companies seem interesting, the one in the
other city being an Internet-related business and the
local one an established software company.
I am having a difficult time deciding which one to
take and I am hoping to get some feedback about how
others evaluate job offers and consider the most
important factors in choosing a fulltime job. Would
you move to a more expensive city for a lower base
salary? Does the possibility of having more
responsibility and possibly more growth potential make
up for a lower salary? Is working on a team a better
way to learn than flying solo on a job?
Thanks in advance for any comments to help the
decision I must make in two days (yikes!).
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