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Subject:Re: Tour of Duty :) From:Rebecca Stevenson <rjstevenson -at- sprynet -dot- com> To:techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com Date:Wed, 18 Jan 2006 15:35:24 -0500 (EST)
Three years was my longest so far, and one young developer who interviewed me for a different job noted that I stayed there "a really long time!" I'm at my fourth non-contract gig now.
Rebecca
-----Original Message-----
>From: Melissa Nelson <melmis36 -at- hotmail -dot- com>
>Sent: Jan 18, 2006 3:27 PM
>To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
>Subject: Tour of Duty :)
>
>Hello,
>
>I heard an interesting "statistic" today about software developers. I was
>told that the median amount of time that a software developer stays with one
>company is 18 months. That got me curious about what the median amount of
>time a technical writer stays with a company. Does anyone know this, and
>what are the average times the people on this list have worked for one
>company?
>
>Just curious. As I have said before I have been a technical writer since
>2003, stayed a year at a company that basically went to India, did a six
>month contract, and have been at my present, now "permanent", position since
>September.
>
>Melissa
>
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