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RE: STC certification: what's in it for tech writers?
Subject:RE: STC certification: what's in it for tech writers? From:"Dan Goldstein" <DGoldstein -at- riverainmedical -dot- com> To:<techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Tue, 25 Oct 2011 11:40:24 -0400
Of course, in the case of TWs, there was no such drop in salaries. According to the BLS, our median wages have risen at a steady rate since at least 2001. See: http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=technical+writer
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Subject: Re: STC certification: what's in it for tech writers?
> Not so long ago, anyone who could create a simple Gantt chart with Microsoft Project called himself a project manager. These were typically project leads, or senior programmers, for small- to medium-sized development teams. Most of these âproject managersâ had little practical experience in projects and practically no formal PM methodologies. Theyâre called accidental project managers. When the dot-com bubble burst, their resumes poured into human resources (HR) departments. How could an HR staffer know the difference between a battle-scarred project manager with hard-won PM experience and an accidental project manager with a similar title and no real experience?
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> The answer is that HR recruiters couldnât tell the difference. Nor could the actual hiring managers make the distinction. The accidental project managers flooded the IT market, and corporations were swift to take advantage. Employers dropped the rates they were willing to pay for project managersâ salaries by 25 to 45 percent...
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