Re: WWW job sites -- perused last night -- MA happening for TW's!

[Worthington <debral -at- FALCON -dot- CC -dot- UKANS -dot- EDU>]

The Kansas City Star usually lists 6 to 10 Tech Documentation
positions in each Sunday issue.  I know that we don't normally think of
the Kansas City area as a "hot bed" for Technical Documentation, but for
those of you wishing to escape the spoiled West and Northeast, KC may
just be this year's best kept secret for TechWhirlers.

Happy hunting!

Bill


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On Thu, 15 Jun 1995,
Richard Lippincott wrote:

> >No offense intended to Massacheussetians (sp?), but I'm trying to figure
> >out what attracts high-tech industry to this particular state.

> No offense taken, and I don't know what attracts them to Rt. 128 either.
> But the fact is, Boston rates with Silicon Valley and Washington DC as
> one of the three best places to find a tech writing job. The Sunday Boston
> Globe typically has 8-10 ads calling for tech writers, that's more than
> I've seen in comparable (or larger) cities.

> Oh yeah, and according to the STC salary survey last year, the jobs here pay
> more than the national average.

> It could be the snowball effect you cited, it could be the proximity to MIT.
> It probably is a combination, with other factors we have not thought of.

> But whatever it is, it's true.

> Rick Lippincott
> Eaton Semiconductor (for just two more days)
> Beverly, MA
> rlippinc -at- bev -dot- etn -dot- com