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Incidentally, the Lone Star Chapter sends survey questionnaires to only
half its membership (a money-saving ploy). Actually, their return
percentage is considered high - as survey returns go. I haven't received a
survey in three years.
Cordially,
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Mary McWilliams Johnson
McJohnson Communications
Documentation Specialist
Web Site Design, Development and Graphics
www.superconnect.com
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At 09:25 AM 8/20/98 -0500, Bergen, Jane wrote:
>Did anyone else find these salaries to be w-a-a-a-y low? I am a member
>of the Lone Star Chapter and this is the first I've seen this particular
>survey (yeah, that's my problem...it's been available, I'm sure). Since
>it's from Feb 97 (nearly a year and a half ago), that might explain some
>of the results, but the tech writers in our chapter that I've talked to
>seem to be doing better than this survey indicates. I hear contractors
>"bragging" of six-figure salaries (definitely not me, though!) and see
>nothing of that reflected in this survey. Our chapter is over 700
>members and only 156 responded to this survey....which skews it
>considerably, I suppose.
>
>Have other chapters done surveys? If so, did you find them to be fairly
>reflective of the REAL situation, or were they higher or lower than
>expected? I would hate to go job hunting with this survey in hand. It
>would tend to work against us, I think. Has anyone else got some RECENT
>salary survey URLs? Most of the ones I've seen have not had enough
>respondents or have not really considered tech writer info (they were
>just for programmers, other IS professionals).
>
>And folks, if asked to respond to a survey, please DO IT! A good salary
>survey could mean the difference between getting a raise or getting a
>decent beginning salary.
>
>Jane
>Jane Bergen, Technical Writer
>AnswerSoft, Inc.
>Richardson, TX (972)997-8355
>
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