Re: #$ -at- % secretary stuff and the Grammar Guru

["Hutchings, Christa" <cwhutchings -at- HOMEWIRELESS -dot- COM>]

Oh dear, you found me out! Actually, I make substantially more than many
other TWs I know, including some with "technical" degrees.

And yes, I could make a whole lot more as a contractor. In fact, I
turned down a contract position that would have paid me nearly twice
what I'm making now in order to take this position with my current
employer. However, I don't like paying for my own health insurance,
disability insurance, life insurance, etc. (uh-oh, that naughty Latin
word again!). I also like being able to sock away a lot of pre-tax $$$
into a 401K, and get stock options too!

Chris Welch-Hutchings
Sr. Technical Writer
Home Wireless Networks, Inc.
Norcross GA (USA)
cwhutchings -at- homewireless -dot- com

> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Posada [SMTP:john -at- tdandw -dot- com]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 1998 1:15 PM
> To:   Hutchings, Christa
> Cc:   TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU
> Subject:      Re: #$ -at- % secretary stuff and the Grammar Guru
>
> Huh? I get paid substantaily more than the engineers or programmers
> around
> here. You must be an employee.
>
> Hutchings, Christa wrote:
>
> > And there's the great paradox of our profession. The
> > engineer/programmers get paid big bucks to design stuff, not to
> > communicate. We get paid not so big bucks to figure out how that
> stuff
> > works and communicate it to our customers. Seems to me we may be as
> > important to the process as the engineer/programmers, yet how many
> of us
> > command the salaries they do?
> >
>
> John Posada
>
>