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Subject:RE: So many jobs want CURRENT security clearances From:"Guy McDonald" <gmcdonald -at- mcdts -dot- com> To:"Gilger.John" <JGilger -at- acresgaming -dot- com>, "Guy McDonald" <gmcdonald -at- mcdts -dot- com>, "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Wed, 13 Aug 2003 13:46:45 -0400
>Guy, you're blowin' smoke again. ;)
Never - I am perfect and at the top of the list for quintessential techknuckle
writers, right beneath my wife.
>I've held a 'Q' clearance and did tech writing for EG&G, a government M&O contractor.
The pay was substantially better than the private sector and I lived in a nice
suburb of Denver, Colorado. Of course, that was before the Clinton years.
You were also a SME ol' buddy -- and were paid accordingly. If you mention Gamma
Window to most of the writers on this list they will think you are talking about
Bill Gates next offering.
From what I see spewing out of the DOE/DOD job lists ... the pay is lower than
the private sector. And the private sector is down for us writers to ... can
I get an "amen" from you on that?
