You shoulda come on down to St. Louie - they were paying $17.++ at
     Chrysler in 1976 to work on the line but you couldn't get a job if you
     had any education beyond high school...  :-(


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Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] EDI Help Desk Positions Available
Author:  tom.brandt ([log in to unmask]) at internet
Date:    1/26/00 8:21 PM


Maybe you're right.  In 1975, I was earning around that while making
windshields for Mr. Ford during the summer between terms at Michigan.

At 02:22 PM 01/26/00 -0800, Gavin Scott wrote:
>Tom writes:
> > It was Gavin Scott who said that about QCTERM and half-duplex Telnet.
>
>Yup.
>
> > And I don't think $9.00/hour was a good thing even in 1975.
>
>I think I got $3.25/hour when I started as an HP-3000 programmer in late
>1980/early 1981 (while still in high school).
>
>I suspect one could have lived pretty happily on $9.00/hour in 1975, since
>$9/hr works out to $18,720/yr and the median U.S. *family* income in 1975
>was $13,719 (according to a very quick web search).
>
>G.


Tom Brandt
Northtech Systems, Inc.
http://www.northtech.com