Dear Austechwriters, You might remember that, only yesterday, I wrote: >Most of the recent job ads are all about getting the IT Subject Matter >Experts (SMEs) to also do the documentation work, below the cost of >employing a writer, let alone an SME. > >It has nothing to do with employing Tech Writers - just about getting SMEs >to document and work 80 hours a week for the cost of 20. As if to prove my point, I just got the following job alert E-mail from SEEK: >*************** Job 1 *************** > >Title: VB Analyst / Programmer & Tech Writer >Location: Melbourne >Advertiser: TMP/Hudson Global Resources >Date Posted: 30-06-2003 >Description: Inner South East $25 /hr Two positions. VB >Analyst / Programmer (3.5 month contract) Several years experience with >Visual Basic, to b It is quite obvious that they simply want programmers who are prepared to document and do the job of two people each for a quarter of the hourly cost. Just a way to burn out juniors who are desperate for income. These are not jobs for writers. They are contracts for desperate programmers. ...and yes Geoff (Userdox?) in case you were unaware, hourly rates are only ever expressed for contracts in our business. Otherwise a salary is mentioned. Sincerely, Michael Granat Write Ideas Carnegie, Victoria, Australia. P.S. I am so appalled by the above "offer" that I shall not include the link. ************************************************** To post a message to austechwriter, send the message to austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx To subscribe to austechwriter, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "subscribe" in the Subject field. To unsubscribe, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject field. To search the austechwriter archives, go to www.freelist.org/archives/austechwriter To contact the list administrator, send a message to austechwriter-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx **************************************************