Chopped Liver?

[Shira Abel]

I have a friend who is a business consultant. She makes 4X what I do per
hour and never works. Hence I take home 4X what she does at the end of the
month.

-shira


On 1/31/07, Gene Kim-Eng <techwr at genek.com> wrote:
>
> My experience has been that top people in either field *can*
> command top dollar, but that tech writers are often less likely
> than business analysts to successfully present themselves as
> "top people."  In fact, many writers I meet seem to emanate
> an aura of "downtrodden, undervalued, second-class employee"
> even before I talk to them long enough to get to know them.
>
> While it is true that there are companies that do not think
> highly of documentation or the people who produce it, it
> is *more* true that a company is unlikely to ever think
> more highly of you than you do yourself.
>
> Gene Kim-Eng
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <quills at airmail.net>
>
>
> > Depends on what you bring to the table, but a good Business Analyst
> > could bring in more than a Tech Writer. We are not considered that
> > highly.
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