Re: Professionalism and pay

Subject: Re: Professionalism and pay
From: "Susan Hogarth" <hogarth -at- gmail -dot- com>
To: TECHWR-L <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Thu, 31 May 2007 11:42:24 -0400

On 5/23/07, Stansbury, Stan <SBS -at- dolby -dot- com> wrote:
> So far in this thread no one has mentioned the one factor that I think
> is crucial in understanding it: the consequences of poor performance.
>
> Poor performance by a doctor can kill you.
> Poor performance by an engineer can kill you and/or ruin equipment.
> Poor performance by a lawyer can jail you or cost you millions.
> In the vast majority of cases, poor performance by a technical writer
> can inconvenience you or delay your work, usually slightly.
>
> We don't make as much money because our work simply isn't as important.
> The consequences of having it done badly are simply much, much lower
> than other professions.
>
> I'm not trying to belittle us, I just calls 'em as I sees 'em.

That's an interesting theory, but it doesn't really explain why, for
instance, a baseball player would get paid more than a brain surgeon.

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References:
Re: Professionalism and pay (was RE: 'Know thy audience'): From: Elizabeth J Allen
RE: Professionalism and pay: From: Stansbury, Stan

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