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Subject:Re: Salaries From:Karen Kay <karenkay -at- CADENCE -dot- COM> Date:Wed, 27 Dec 1995 14:22:28 -0800
>Not here in the Silicon Gulch. Tech writing here can be fairly lucrative. $50
>- $70 hour contract is not unusual for an experienced writer.
> Salary range is [drum roll]
> ********* $20,000 to $24,000 *********
Comparing contract rates to salaries is like comparing apples to
oranges. There are a lot of relatively low-paying (though not quite
this low) jobs around Silicon Valley, too.
