Re: job market Q4 2009

[quills -at- airmail -dot- net]

What irks me is that most of these places want a senior tech writer, 
though they only want to pay for a beginning tech writer with no 
experience. I can't tell you how many jobs want to pay $20 an hour when 
the job they want done justifies $35 to 40 an hour.

Scott

On 12/22/09 1:00 PM, Combs, Richard wrote:
> Robert Lauriston wrote:
>
>> 1099 contracts, yeah, the pay can be great. W-2 through an agency,
>> after they take their cut, not so great.
>
> Yeah, but most of the difference between "great" and "not so great"
> becomes "quarterly estimated tax payment." ;-)
>
>
> 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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