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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 12:35:29 -0400
No, not much of a drop - about 2.6% in the worst year. Overall, our
numbers have fluctuated continually over the decade, but our wages have
risen steadily. I see no connection in those charts.
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From: Gene Kim-Eng
Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2011 12:23 PM
To: Dan Goldstein
Cc: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Subject: Re: STC certification: what's in it for tech writers?
I think the charts indicate that wages were kept steady by a drop in the
number of people in the occupation in the post-dot-com period.
On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 8:40 AM, Dan Goldstein wrote:
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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