Re: Resolved: Technical communicators can create information

["Gene Kim-Eng" <techwr -at- genek -dot- com>]

Technical writer employment fell during the post-dotcom slump of 2000-2004, rose 
during the defense/construction buildup of 2003-2005, then fell again during the 
defense/construction slump of 2005-2006.  The cause of the falls is closely tied 
to the collapse of industries that would't have been built up in the first place 
if not for rampant speculation and/or deliberate government pumping-up, and in 
the case of the dotcom, the build-up was so drastic that it resulted in an 
influx of people into the field who probably shouldn't have been in it in the 
first place.  Attributing the drops to offshoring is a big reach, and this chart 
doesn't have any corresponding figures for world-wide tech writer employment 
that might support the argument.

The big mystery to me is what made the numbers turn upward again in 2006-2007, 
and where it's happening.  I certainly haven't seen anything on the ground here, 
either as a hiring manager or as a jobseeker, that reflects this.

Gene Kim-Eng


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dan Goldstein" <DGoldstein -at- riverainmedical -dot- com>
To: <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2010 5:47 AM
Subject: RE: Resolved: Technical communicators can create information


> ... and then went back up, and now _exceeds_ its previous,
> post-bubble-burst number.
>
> Fred asked for stats -- Bill doesn't think they exist -- but they do:
> http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=technical+writer
>
> The page displays wage history by default. To display employment
> numbers, click "Show employment history."
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Keith Hood
>> Sent: Monday, June 14, 2010 11:11 PM
>> To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com; Dan Goldstein
>> Subject: RE: Resolved: Technical communicators can create information
>>
>> Perhaps so.  But at the same time the number of people
>> employed in this country as tech writers decreased
>> drastically because of offshoring.
>>
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