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"Bonnie Granat" <bgranat -at- granatedit -dot- com> wrote in message news:225248 -at- techwr-l -dot- -dot- -dot-
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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.
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OK. What is "peanuts"? Let's get some real numbers here.
If we know that equivalent writers would bill out in US at $40/hr. and India
at $10/hr., then we have something to work with.
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.
Otherwise, you might as move on to some other career. How about pumping gas?
