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Becky P-S
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Subject: Re: Hourly rates for contractors
From: "Betty Champagne" <bitsnpcs -at- hotmail -dot- com> at Internet
Date: 9/4/97 2:35 PM
Becky,
I am interestsed in seeing the survey you mentioned, but I get a "404 -
File not found" message when I try to access the site.
Betty Champagne
> The STC (Society for Technical Communication) website recently
> published a salary survey for technical communicators. It lists
> annual, not hourly rates, but maybe it could help anyway.
>
> You can find the survey at the STC website, http://www/stc-va.org
.
> It's in a PDF file.
>
> Good luck!
>
> Becky Palmer-Scott
> Writer/Editor/Publisher
> Invest Learning Inc.
> bpalmer-scott -at- investlearning -dot- com
>
>
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>Subject: Hourly rates for contractors
>Author: <quiroz1 -at- hotcoco -dot- infi -dot- net> at Internet
>Date: 9/4/97 11:37 AM
>
>
>Hi,
>
>I am sure this topic has been discussed before, so I apologize in
>advance for the repeat question.
>
>For some time now, I have been trying to locate a source that lists the
>going hourly rate (or range of rates) for contract technical writers in
>the Silicon Valley area/SF Bay Area. If anyone knows of a good
>resource/web site for this kind of info, I would love to know it. Also,
>if there are any contractors in the Silicon Valley area/SF Bay Area who
>would be willing to share their hourly rates (or range of rates), I'd
>appreciate that too. I would just like to verify that what I am
charging
>is market.
>
>Thanks,
>Edie Quiroz
>
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