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RE: Resolved: Technical communicators can create information
Subject:RE: Resolved: Technical communicators can create information From:"Dan Goldstein" <DGoldstein -at- riverainmedical -dot- com> To:<techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Tue, 15 Jun 2010 10:50:15 -0400
Hi Bill,
I misunderstood you to mean that there were no stats at all, but now I
see that you meant that there are no stats to support the "offshoring"
claims. I agree with you, of course.
Happy Tuesday!
Dan
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bill Swallow
> Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2010 10:44 AM
> To: Dan Goldstein
> Cc: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
> Subject: Re: Resolved: Technical communicators can create information
>
> Dan, these numbers do not show a negative shift in US
> technical writer employment as a result of offshoring. They
> show US trends through 2007 and the trend where the available
> data ends is positive. Nowhere is there a representation of
> US technical writer job numbers in decline as a result of
> increased offshore technical writer numbers. Please correct
> me if I am wrong.
>
> On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 8:47 AM, Dan Goldstein
> <DGoldstein -at- riverainmedical -dot- com> wrote:
> > ... 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."
>
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