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> As far as competing with outsourced writing, there is always a way.
> As an independent contractor, you need to know what you're up
against
> and be creative to add value or other sources for the disparate
> income rate.
You're not really "up against" anything but the bottom line. If a
company has made the decision to offshore, it has already decided that
quality is not an issue. One day, the documentation department closes.
Maybe an editor remains. Maybe a project manager manages the entire
thing. But it seems to me that after a company has decided to move its
documentation offshore, you have no opportunity to compete. That's
what I meant.
