If anecdotal evidence counts for anything I've noted that what I'm being offered for techwriting work (both in the US and Oz) is the same today as it was two years ago. And I now have two more years' experience.
cheers, Jo
At 18:50 21-09-00 , you wrote:
>On Wed, 20 Sep 2000, Doug Henwood wrote:
>>
>> Curiously, the new State of Working America reports that the wage
>> premium for programmers and other IT professionals has remained
>> remarkably flat, despite all this talk of strong markets. It may be
>> that their compensation isn't fully reflected in government wage
>> surveys, but the visa controversy suggests that employers don't want
>> to pay up for talent, even if it's in relatively short supply.
>>
>
>That's pretty much the buzz I've heard in online forums. Does the SWA
>report break this wage premium down in age catagories? The general
>chitchat suggests that firms hire 20-something programmers, who are
>productive but still rather cheap, and try and get rid of 30-something or
>40-something programmers - those whose added skills would generally result
>in higher salaries.
>
>So I'd be interested to hear what the wage vs. age curve looks like -
>although that would be skewed by the small number of older, well-paid
>consultants. Figures on unemployment rates in the field vs. age would also
>be interesting.
>
>Peter
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>Peter van Heusden <pvh at egenetics.com>
>NOTE: I do not speak for my employer, Electric Genetics
>"Criticism has torn up the imaginary flowers from the chain not so that man
>shall wear the unadorned, bleak chain but so that he will shake off the
chain
>and pluck the living flower." - Karl Marx, 1844
>