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Article #6561Re: fast-track failures
From: Brad Whitehurst
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 16:42
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 16:42
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In article <ewright.725152007@convex.convex.com> ewright@convex.com (Edward V. Wright) writes: >In <1992Dec20.192544.2996@ke4zv.uucp> gary@ke4zv.uucp (Gary Coffman) writes: > >>Today's overhead is horrible, but $100,000 1940s dollars is only about >>$2 million 1992 dollarettes.... That's about 20 engineers in a Motel 6 >>for six months, no machine shops, hangers, mechanics, flight test equipment, >>nada. > >You think a typical engineer earns $100,000 a year? > >I want to work for your company! > By the time you also pay for FICA, pension, benefits, and overhead, a $50,000 engineer can easily cost a company double his base pay! BTW, Ed, I ALSO help do the budgeting for my lab, so before you ask, yes, I have some experience in this! -- Brad Whitehurst | Aerospace Research Lab rbw3q@Virginia.EDU | We like it hot...and fast.
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Newsgroups: sci.space Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!spool.mu.edu!agate!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!gatech!concert!uvaarpa!murdoch!rayleigh.mech.Virginia.EDU!rbw3q From: rbw3q@rayleigh.mech.Virginia.EDU (Brad Whitehurst) Subject: Re: fast-track failures Message-ID: <1992Dec29.164256.18889@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> Sender: usenet@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU Organization: University of Virginia References: <18639@mindlink.bc.ca> <1992Dec20.192544.2996@ke4zv.uucp> <ewright.725152007@convex.convex.com> Distribution: usa Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 16:42:56 GMT Lines: 21