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>I've been offered a promotion as a Production Coordinator. Can anybody
> >give me an idea of salary connected to this title, or point me to
> >something that can help me out?
>
> A potential pitfall is that many software houses have been dropping
> most print production in favor of online documentation shipped on CD
> along
> with the software. If your company plans to stay with print
> production,
> or if the job would survive that change, then hunkey-dunkey.
> But if your company might reduce or eliminate paper deliverables,
> then the Production Coordinator might be all dressed up with no place
> to go, if you get my drift. You don't mention the nature of your
> industry or the scope of your duties, but you might want to seek
> clairity about the long-term publications plan.
>
> Steve Pendleton, Technical Writer
> "Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain."
>
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