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Subject:Writers vs developers salaries From:Christine Fedruk <CFED44 -at- CBOT -dot- COM> Date:Mon, 4 Aug 1997 16:06:42 -0500
Well, you didn't hear it from ME ...*grin*...but I hear that the Technical
Writers at the Chicago Board of Trade are in the same salary grade as
Senior Programmer Analysts. Hmm... considering that there are four
levels of programmers below SPA and only one above it, I think the TWs
can hold their heads up in the department.
Can't tell you if this is normal for the financial market industry -- or if our
SPAs are hideously underpaid -- but it works for me.
Happy Monday,
Christine
On Monday, August 04, 1997 12:55 PM, Gurudutt Kamath wrote:
> I am curious as to the salary/payment relationship betweeen techies
and
> technical writers. Is it 1:1, 1.5:1, 2:1 or what. Meaning, do
technical
> writers get as much as programmer techies for the same sort of
experience
> and background or are we paid less.
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