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Subject:RE: Ask for a raise? Or pack my bags? From:Dan Goldstein <DGoldstein -at- nuot -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L (techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com)" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Wed, 1 Jul 2015 21:24:34 +0000
It sounds like everything we complain about in Metro DC is worse out in Cali, and there are also tech writing jobs here. Just sayin'.
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From: Laura Lemay
Sent: Wednesday, July 01, 2015 5:05 PM
To: Gene Kim-Eng
Cc: TechWR-L
Subject: Re: Ask for a raise? Or pack my bags?
Since 2007 salaries have kept up with inflation, but there are next to no end-user docs jobs, many more short-term contracts, and the cost of living (especially housing) has skyrocketed. Also the traffic is far, far, worse, so you trade off the price you pay for housing for the (really hideously large amount of) time you spend commuting.
Honestly itâs the commute that gets to me far more than anything else in the valley, job-wise.
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