[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> The problem isn't that freelance writers aren't paid well, the real problem
> is that writers in general are not paid well. For a long time I made a
> living as a technical writer / curriculum developer. This was a great job,
> you were paid to learn all there was to know about a technical subject and
> then express that knowledge in a book or course. Three years ago I was
> working at Lotus hammering out course after course for Lotus Notes System
> Administration, I noticed that Notes sysadmins were earning close to double
> my salary for far less knowledge ofthe product. So I changed over to
> sysadmin and never looked back.
>
Snort.
In the Scary Devil Monastery [0] there was a discussion about what sysadmin
make.
Several of them seem to think that $55,000 a year was not likely.
That's what Programmer types in small start up firms make in my part of the
world, which is not know for real high salary ranges.
I know damn good and well that "Basements and Lizards" [1] is never going to
make me a lot of money. I'll be lucky if it makes enough to pay for the web
site it will be living on.
On the other hand, I get to write PHP scripts, play with MySQL, and other wise
be a uber-geek while doing my other hobby, gaming.
[0] If you are a sysadmin you should be reading this, assuming you do USENET
at all. SDM is an anagram for the real name of the group. E-mail me if you
want the real name. Also helps if you know how to wave a dead chicken over a
Usenet post.
[1] Tentative name for my "Custom D20 Module" system. Beta test should start
up RSN.
