RE: More on Technical Writing in India

["Westbrook,Beth" <beth -dot- westbrook -at- dhs -dot- state -dot- tx -dot- us>]

There is also the indirect exporting of jobs when the audience is offshored.
I used to write internal documentation for AMD fab workers. A large part of
why I got laid off (a year ago this Friday I just realized) was that AMD is
moving all of its manufacturing overseas (the assembly is already there). An
English-speaking technical writer is not much use when the target audiences
are in Germany, Malaysia, and Singapore.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: tom -dot- green -at- iwon -dot- com [mailto:tom -dot- green -at- iwon -dot- com]
> Sent: Friday, November 07, 2003 9:28 AM
> To: TECHWR-L
> Subject: Re: More on Technical Writing in India
> 
> A good example of this is a GMC/Chevy commercial on TV right 
> now. It says something like, "This Chevy is assembled in 
> America by Americans." It doesn't say that the parts were 
> made in Mexico. Yes, it has been happening for years, but now 
> it is happening to our profession.

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