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Several years ago, I worked at a company
(in Florida) that is now defunct. A
couple of years after I left, I spoke
with another tech writer (a guy) who had
been in the same department. Much to my
surprise, I learned that I had been
making $3,000 - $5,000 a year *more*
than he was.
Regards,
Leatta
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From: Bruce Byfield
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Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2001 6:55
PM
Subject: Re: Techwriters of the World:
Unite!
> CC wrote:
>
> > Lower pay rates may be a result of a
demographic
> > change in the field. In at least 3
other professions,
> > both pay and prestige dropped
sharply when women moved
> > into the jobs and men moved out. In
at least one of
> > these cases, the women did the job
measurably better
> > than the men. Nevertheless, the pay
rate dropped.
>
> I doubt that a change of gender is
responsible. For one thing, I know of no
> evidence that it's happening. For
another, women have been heavily
represented
> in tech-writing for a number of years,
and the differences in salaries in many
> areas is within the range of
statistical error - in other words, men
and women
> have often been paid virtually the
same in tech-writing. In areas where
> differences existed, it was one of the
lowest gender differences for any field.
>
> Maybe it's more to the point to ask
what salaries in related fields are like
> these days. For example, are
developers getting paid less, too?
>
> --
> Bruce Byfield bbyfield -at- axionet -dot- com
604.421.7177
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