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Jon wrote:
Any independent technical writer must be aware of the competition -
now not
only in the US but elsewhere.
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If you are in a developed country, you cannot compete with offshoring.
It just cannot be done. Technical writers in developing countries are
paid peanuts. That's why the phenomenon exists.