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At 08:48 AM 4/14/99 -0600, Name withheld upon request wrote:
>I'm in the process of interviewing at several companies for tech.
>writing positions. At least two companies have offered me stock options
>as part of my compensation. Is this becoming more common? If any other
>tech. writers have received such offers, how much weight or importance
>have you given to stock options?
Here in Silicon Valley you'd be insulted if you *didn't* get stock options
just for agreeing to come to work.
--Wayne (BTW, don't come here - it's *way* too expensive, the homeless
shelters are packed with hard-working tech writers, and the sky is falling)
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Wayne Douglass phone: 408-542-2139
Verity, Inc. FAX: 408-542-2040
894 Ross Road mailto:wayned -at- verity -dot- com
Sunnyvale, CA 94089 http://www.verity.com
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