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Subject:Re: What's wrong with this picture? From:Bill Swallow <techcommdood -at- gmail -dot- com> To:Bonnie Granat <bgranat -at- granatedit -dot- com> Date:Sat, 14 Jan 2006 16:41:54 -0500
> Sounds too good to be true, right? Who pays $100 an hour for software
> documentation? What is "wrong" with this picture?
I know many tech writers who make $100/hr or more on contract jobs.
I'd say nothing is wrong and that you're finally being paid a fair
wage as a contractor. After all, this is what engineering and business
consultants make. Why not the documentation consultant as well?
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