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Subject:Re: Certification From:Wolf Lahti <wduby -at- PACCAR -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 4 Jan 1996 12:59:29 -0800
Karen Mayer said
> Garrett apparently has a lot more confidence in the establishment than I
> do. I have a hard time with other people telling me they know what's best
> for me. If they decide that the only people worthy of certification are
> those with an MS in Technical Communication, 15 years experience and most
> recent salary in excess of $100,000, many of us won't qualify.
The trend seems to be in the other direction. More and more managers are
looking for qualified people with less experience so they can pay them a
lower salary. Lots of people with years of experience in the profession are
being let go and replaced by inexpensive newbies.
I don't know to what degree this has imapcted TW, but it appears inevitable
that it will.
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