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Subject:Tour of Duty :) From:"Melissa Nelson" <melmis36 -at- hotmail -dot- com> To:techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com Date:Wed, 18 Jan 2006 15:27:05 -0500
Hello,
I heard an interesting "statistic" today about software developers. I was
told that the median amount of time that a software developer stays with one
company is 18 months. That got me curious about what the median amount of
time a technical writer stays with a company. Does anyone know this, and
what are the average times the people on this list have worked for one
company?
Just curious. As I have said before I have been a technical writer since
2003, stayed a year at a company that basically went to India, did a six
month contract, and have been at my present, now "permanent", position since
September.
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