And it all comes back to your title and that "Titles are important", not from an ego perspective, but from a wallet perspective
--- Bill Swallow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well of course there are price ranges per level, but that's the > case > whether you're a "Technical Writer" or a "Text Engineer" or a "Font > Fondler". A Senior Font Fondler will likely be making more than a > Entry Level Font Fondler, unless there's some major overlap in the > salary ranges. > > On 3/5/07, John Posada <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > What's in a title? > > > Who cares, as long as it's tied to what's filling the wallet. > > > :-) > > > > In many companies, how much they can fill it is based on what > your > > title is. Therefore, it IS tied, and you DO care. > > > > Where I am now, every year, about 45 days after our yearly > > evaluation, my manager receives a range, within which he is > > authorized to give a raise. If you are "Technical Writer", your > range > > is lower than if your title is "Senior Technical Writer". I don't > > care if, as a Technical Writer, your writing is going into the > > Smithsonian, you cannot make as much, maximum, as the maximum for > > someone designated "Senior Technical Writer". > > > > Titles really do make a difference, no matter how glib we want to > be > > about the answer. John Posada Senior Technical Writer "I think the problem, to be quite honest with you, is that you've never actually known what the question is." ______________________________________________ Author Help files and create printed documentation with Doc-To-Help. New release adds Team Authoring Support, enhanced Web-based help technology and PDF output. Learn more at www.doctohelp.com/tcp. DOCUMENTATION & TRAINING WEST 07: THE USER EXPERIENCE April 18-21, 2007 ~ Vancouver BC ~ Marriott Pinnacle ~ free city tour 40+ sessions * free workshops * free iPod offer * www.doctrain.com _______________________________________________ Technical Communication Professionals Post a message to the list: email [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, unsubscribe, archives, account options, list info: http://techcommpros.com/mailman/listinfo/tcp_techcommpros.com Subscribe (email): send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe (email): send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Need help? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] Get the TCP whole experience! http://www.techcommpros.com
