RE: Professionalism and pay (was RE: 'Know thy audience')

["Combs, Richard" <richard -dot- combs -at- Polycom -dot- com>]

Dan Goldstein wrote:
 
> "Supply and demand" only goes so far. What matters is that 
> the company demands a tech writer _like me_, and that my 
> skills and attributes are in rare supply. That's the 
> perception I care about.

Well, sure. I gave the shorthand version. In the real world, tech
writers, unlike wheat, aren't an interchangeable commodity. There are
many skill sets, niches, and quality levels. So there are many different
supplies and demands. Some companies want tech writers who are
justifiable immodest; others hire those whose modesty is appropriate.
;-) 

Richard


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Richard G. Combs
Senior Technical Writer
Polycom, Inc.
richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom
303-223-5111
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rgcombs AT gmailDOTcom
303-777-0436
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