{"id":71,"date":"2004-10-07T09:28:00","date_gmt":"2004-10-07T09:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sumankumar.com\/blog\/?p=71"},"modified":"2004-10-07T09:28:00","modified_gmt":"2004-10-07T09:28:00","slug":"off-shoring-of-documentation-a-survey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sumankumar.com\/blog\/2004\/10\/off-shoring-of-documentation-a-survey\/","title":{"rendered":"Off shoring of Documentation: a survey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today, many software product companies have a base in India. A huge pool of talent, low wages, and an English-speaking population made India a great outsourcing destination. In the past few years, technical writing too transitioned to India for the same aforementioned reasons. If you are a technical writer working in the onsite-offshore model, please tell me how your experience has been. What are the challenges that you face? Are you satisfied with the job content? Please participate in this informal survey. Offer your feedback through the comments link on this blog or write to me at suman (at) Sumankumar (dot) com.<br \/>\n<br \/>I look forward to hearing from you. Do pass the word around!<\/p>\n<p>Write to me: Suman[at]sumankumar[dot]com<\/p>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\">\n<map name=\"google_ad_map_061219083750041007092800\">\n<area shape=\"rect\" href=\"http:\/\/imageads.googleadservices.com\/pagead\/imgclick\/061219083750041007092800?pos=0\" coords=\"1,2,367,28\"\/>\n<area shape=\"rect\" href=\"http:\/\/services.google.com\/feedback\/abg\" coords=\"384,10,453,23\"\/><\/map>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" usemap=\"#google_ad_map_061219083750041007092800\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/imageads.googleadservices.com\/pagead\/ads?format=468x30_aff_img&amp;client=ca-pub-1259014363012020&amp;channel=9138153052&amp;output=png&amp;cuid=061219083750041007092800&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Ftw-india.blogspot.com%2F2004%2F10%2Foff-shoring-of-documentation-survey.html\"\/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, many software product companies have a base in India. A huge pool of talent, low wages, and an English-speaking population made India a great outsourcing destination. In the past few years, technical writing too transitioned to India for the same aforementioned reasons. If you are a technical writer working in the onsite-offshore model, please [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[195],"class_list":["post-71","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false,"jetpack-portfolio-admin-thumb":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Suman Kumar","author_link":"https:\/\/sumankumar.com\/blog\/author\/suman-kumar\/"},"uagb_comment_info":2,"uagb_excerpt":"Today, many software product companies have a base in India. A huge pool of talent, low wages, and an English-speaking population made India a great outsourcing destination. In the past few years, technical writing too transitioned to India for the same aforementioned reasons. If you are a technical writer working in the onsite-offshore model, please&hellip;","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2Gbk8-19","jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":508,"url":"https:\/\/sumankumar.com\/blog\/2003\/12\/the-times-survey\/","url_meta":{"origin":71,"position":0},"title":"The Times Survey","author":"Suman Kumar","date":"December 24, 2003","format":false,"excerpt":"The Times Survey Go to http:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/articleshow\/377969.cms to take the survey (rush, they just might take the survey off the site). I am sure the shameless, manipulative and cheap editorial policy makers there wouldn't be too surprised at the survey results; and yea they will not care what we think of\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":113,"url":"https:\/\/sumankumar.com\/blog\/2007\/10\/my-stc-india-annual-conference-2007-slides\/","url_meta":{"origin":71,"position":1},"title":"My STC India Annual Conference 2007 Slides","author":"Suman Kumar","date":"October 31, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"Contingency design does not figure much in conversations amongst technical communicators. In these conversations, the emphasis is usually on the almighty manual. However, oftentimes, customers read error messages before they even think of opening a product's manual. In this presentation, Suman Kumar introduces the key area of contingency design and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In \"contingency design\"","block_context":{"text":"contingency design","link":"https:\/\/sumankumar.com\/blog\/tag\/contingency-design-user-experience\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":205,"url":"https:\/\/sumankumar.com\/blog\/2004\/01\/blog-via-sms\/","url_meta":{"origin":71,"position":2},"title":"Blog Via SMS","author":"Suman Kumar","date":"January 15, 2004","format":false,"excerpt":"Blog Via SMS Read it here. Why can't we do something like this in India? write to me: suman at sumankumar dot com","rel":"","context":"In &quot;general&quot;","block_context":{"text":"general","link":"https:\/\/sumankumar.com\/blog\/category\/general\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":59,"url":"https:\/\/sumankumar.com\/blog\/2004\/06\/new-resources-for-tech-writers-in-india\/","url_meta":{"origin":71,"position":3},"title":"New resources for tech writers in India","author":"Suman Kumar","date":"June 15, 2004","format":false,"excerpt":"People I have added a 'Classifieds' program to this site. It is in beta. I am just testing it. Give it a spin at Job Ads and also see The Job Forum. Tell me which one you like the best. If you have other ideas please let me know. Pass\u2026","rel":"","context":"In \"Uncategorized\"","block_context":{"text":"Uncategorized","link":"https:\/\/sumankumar.com\/blog\/tag\/uncategorized\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":97,"url":"https:\/\/sumankumar.com\/blog\/2006\/06\/technical-writers-of-india-twin-portal-launch-today\/","url_meta":{"origin":71,"position":4},"title":"Technical Writers of India (TWIN) Portal Launch Today!","author":"Suman Kumar","date":"June 10, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"Yours truly will be talking at this event. I was responsible for implementing the CMS (Drupal). Be there if this piques your interest.Start: 2006-06-10 16:00End: 2006-06-10 18:30Timezone: IndianWhere: Nahar Heritage, St.Marks Road, BangaloreWhen: 10th June (TODAY!) between 4 and 6:30 P.M.Event sponsor: Interwoven Inc.Agenda of the event:a) Welcome - Sandeep\u2026","rel":"","context":"In \"Uncategorized\"","block_context":{"text":"Uncategorized","link":"https:\/\/sumankumar.com\/blog\/tag\/uncategorized\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":54,"url":"https:\/\/sumankumar.com\/blog\/2004\/04\/technical-writing-glossary\/","url_meta":{"origin":71,"position":5},"title":"Technical Writing Glossary","author":"Suman Kumar","date":"April 12, 2004","format":false,"excerpt":"I think this is a neat idea and is an excellent resource for aspirants and practising pros alike. Check it out. http:\/\/members.iinet.net.au\/~mbuckler\/glossary1.shtmlwrite to me: Suman[at]sumankumar[dot]com","rel":"","context":"In \"Uncategorized\"","block_context":{"text":"Uncategorized","link":"https:\/\/sumankumar.com\/blog\/tag\/uncategorized\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sumankumar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sumankumar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sumankumar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sumankumar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sumankumar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sumankumar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sumankumar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sumankumar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sumankumar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}