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Subject:RE: Rates (was The Lone Writer) From:kcronin -at- daleen -dot- com To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Mon, 27 Jan 2003 07:00:33 -0700
Bruce wrote:
> A different list (on the web) is having a similar discussion about this. One
> person posted that recent graduates in his city (Orlando), are willing to
> work for peanuts. Being established, he can't afford to compete because of
> the going rate. And since that university is still churning out lots of
> qualified peanut-takers, each year. He's been forced into selling furniture,
> because it pays better. He sounded bitter, and rightly so!
Between price wars and changing demands, it is unrealistic to expect any
job to always be available/profitable. That harsh reality extends from
milkmen to tech writers.
I've mentioned this before, but it bears repeating. One of the most
pragmatic men I ever met worked with me on a loading dock, but was
studying to be a prison guard, explaining that he was sick of getting laid
off, and he figured the job would be steady because "there would always be
bad guys in the world." He's right, and probably has a job for life now.
If that bitter poster you mentioned wants total job security, he may need
to investigate fields like that, or possibly explore the mortician/funeral
director path. Those are probably the safest bets.
Keith Cronin
Tech writing. Apparently only a couple of countries do it well, or even
have a right to do it at all.
(thanks to my good buddy Tommy E for that insight)
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