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Subject:Re: a college degree From:John Posada <jposada01 -at- yahoo -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Fri, 28 Dec 2001 19:03:11 -0800 (PST)
I've been a contractor/writer for over 10 years, have reached rates
as high as $77/hr, average and current at $55 per hour, have about 2
years of credits (one year Science and one year English) but don't
have a degree and it seems it hasn't been an issue when looking for a
job.
--- Kelly Werner <kwerner -at- eaglesoft -dot- net> wrote:
> In the grand scheme of technical writing, how important (and
> useful is a college degree?
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