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Subject:Re: Docs not tested etc... From:Saeed Khan <saeed -at- VIZBIZ -dot- VIZBIZ -dot- COM> Date:Mon, 15 Aug 1994 16:32:09 -0400
> Saeed-- Do you realize that you may have come up with the ultimate justication
> for tech writers demanding the same rate of pay as programmers?
> That if we do what we do "online" that equates the activity with any other
> facet of programming. This should include CBT, instruction and graphics. And
> all ought to be compensated at a similar rate.
> As Information Developers, Instructional Designers and tech writers or
whatever
> you call it, we are entitled to the same remuneration as any other guru.
> Why not?
> --Richard Frampton
> San Rafael, California
> (framptonr%river -dot- decnet -at- canada -dot- ca -dot- cch -dot- com)
Hello.
Well, that is the case where I work. My payscale is very similar to the
developers who have the same experience (in years) as I have.
