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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Barbara Karst-Sabin [SMTP:barbara -at- QUOTE -dot- COM]
> Sent: Tuesday, December 22, 1998 12:10 PM
> To: TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU
> Subject: Re: Silicon Valley rates
>
> Definitely a very low rate, more like entering or very new tech
> writers
> at that rate.
>
> BJ
>
> Elna Tymes wrote:
> >
> > To anyone looking for contract work in Silicon Valley:
> >
> > We just got a phone call from a recruiter that HP in Silicon Valley
> is
> > looking for Senior Technical Writers to work as W-2 to agencies at
> > $30-35/hour. ................. The going rate for
> > senior writers in Silicon Valley is double that and then some.
>
>
