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Subject:Re: Dammit Jim I'm a Writer, Not A Programmer From:Ymorrigu -at- aol -dot- com To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Sat, 07 Jul 2001 11:46:26 EDT
This argument seems to to be leaning towards the technical-writer-who's not-so-technical end of things, what about the other end of the argument? I was hired as a "documentation specialist," with the contractual reassurance that I would be writing on-page content, help files, user guides, etc. Now however, I find my job has changed drastically: I coded our company's new web site, I've been increasingly involved with cleaning up the developers' HTML and Javascript flubs, I've been customizing the company's MS Office tools with VBA, I am also currently the point person for all support calls, both for the internal managemnt system and for our clients' systems; all while still being paid the salary of a tech writer. For me, at least, it seems that if I am going to be required to have the knowledge of a developers AND use it to code, I should at least get paid what they're being paid, which happens to be about twice my current salary. I don't know guys, am I just dreaming that !
I'm being taken advantage of her
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