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APPLIED RESEARCH :: VOLUME 63 (AUG 2016)
TECHNICAL COMMUNICATION AS USER EXPERIENCE IN A BROADENING INDUSTRY LANDSCAPE

pg248.	Designer, Developer, Architect, Manager, Researcher
pg249.	Based on an analysis of 502 industry job postings, this article argues that technical communication work shares traits and competencies with the field of UX
pg249.	This holistic approach to the user is captured in the interdisciplinarity of UX, which, as a field, combines communication, psychology, human-computer interaction (HCI), social science, design, technology, and other specialized knowledge areas in an attempt to better understand user practices and meet the needs of users within and across information products and interfaces. 
pg252.	41+30 or 71% of tech communication jobs are located on the coasts.
pg253.	strong correlation with IT / Service / Software jobs. (~40%) — ~10% in Advertising/Social ~15% industry unclear
pg253.	22% UX,Developer ::: 61% UX/UI/Interatction, Designer
pg254.	Designer Developer and Architect have 50-50 bachelors, or unspecified education requirements.
pg255.	Manager has the highest salary cap, followed by Researcher.

pg256.	Reasearcher job posting are much less likely to require tool proficiencies, but more likely to require higher education.
pg257.	Collaboration is 63+% requested. Indipendence/Initiative is 33%.   BUT HOW QUANTIFIABLE ARE THESE CHARACTERISTICS?
pg260.	UX professionals receive significantly better compensation for their work. On average, the hourly range for UX jobs was $31–$58
pg260.	he lowest salaries for UX jobs were, for the most part, higher than the highest salaries in the technical communication market. 

pg263.	however, these projects instead were crafted to be professional portfolios, where students identify the kinds of jobs they are seeking and articulate how the work they include illustrates their skills and competencies for those jobs. This would in no way diminish the portfolio’s worth for assessment purposes; in fact, we contend that it would result in a more authentic representation of student learning. 


APPLIED RESEARCH :: VOLUME 62 (NOV 2015)
THE EVOLUTION OF TECHNICAL COMMUNICATION AN ANALYSIS OF INDUSTRY JOB POSTINGS

p232.	19 increased to  30 % on the west coast
p232.	41 increased to 49% on the east coast 
p233. compared to pay increased ~$30,000