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Subject:RE: We're Number 13! We're Number 13! From:"Sarah Stegall" <sstegall -at- bivio -dot- net> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Wed, 6 Jan 2010 13:06:00 -0800
Wait a minute. PHILOSOPHERS make more money than tech writers? In what
universe? I was a Philosophy major! My professors persuaded me to change
my major because "you can't make a living as a philosopher".
I want a raise.
Sarah Stegall
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Behalf Of Pinkham, Jim
Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 12:22 PM
To: voxwoman; TECHWR-L
Subject: RE: We're Number 13! We're Number 13!
Right behind philosophers and weathermen...nice! :)
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[mailto:techwr-l-bounces+jim -dot- pinkham=voith -dot- com -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com] On
Behalf Of voxwoman
Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 2:01 PM
To: TECHWR-L
Subject: We're Number 13! We're Number 13!
>From a WSJ article about the 200 best and worst jobs of 2010 -
>Technical
Writers ranked 13 out of 200. "Roustabout" ranked 200.
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