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Subject:Re: Hourly rates for contractors From:Peter Kent <techwr -at- ARUNDEL -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 4 Sep 1997 13:39:37 -0600
> Unfortunately, highly skilled technical communicators (those who do more
> than just quality writing, but also design good user interfaces, set up
> and
> perform usability tests on both product and documentation, understand
> programming and development processes, and manage documentation
> development) still get neither the recognition nor the compensation they
> deserve, compensation that should approach that of the code jockeys.
> <Soapbox off>
<Soapbox>
Sure they do, at least they do if they charge by the project. I, and other
writers I know, make $100/hr, $120/hr, or more on contracts. It's difficult
to ask for that directly, but if you quote a per-project price you can get a
sum that comes out to a really high hourly rate.
</Soapbox>
Peter Kent
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Coming in the fall, the revised Technical Writer's Freelancing
Guide. New Title: Making Money in Technical Writing. 80 percent
more info. See http://www.arundel.com/techwr for more...
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