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Well, this is all rather subjective, but my inclination is to say that
you're probably entry-level in your first year or so. Additionally,
entry-level seems to infer youth, or general job inexperience. I mean, is an
admin assistant with ten years of experience and some programming knowledge
still entry-level?
I'd prefer to refer to them as junior, along with anybody else who had maybe
1 - 3 years experience. The job postings I see tend to indicate that a
senior tech writer has had at least 5 years of experience. Thoughts? DB.
-----Original Message-----
From: Schrank, Kelly (Tampa) [mailto:schrank -at- TAMPA -dot- GENPHYSICS -dot- COM]
Sent: Tuesday, January 26, 1999 1:29 PM
To: TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU
Subject: Re: entry level pay
Is that really true? Junior is with one year of experience? What are you
called with two? I thought there was a discussion in the past that said
that entry level was, for most people, the first few years of a job? What
do the rest of you think?
Kelly Schrank
Technical Editor
General Physics
Schrank -at- tampa -dot- genphysics -dot- com <mailto:Schrank -at- tampa -dot- genphysics -dot- com>
