Nobody's talking about it

The circles I move in so far aren't considering the implication of the movement of English language technical communications to lower-cost India. However, in the UK there has been a dip in contract rates and writing rates have remained more or less static for perhaps 10 years.

The list of panelists from the tcworld India 2012 conference makes interesting reading:

1. Ken Chu, Senior Director of Information Development, Server Technologies, Oracle Corporation, USA
2. Suneeta Aggarwal, Director of Technical Publications at TIBCO Software Inc, USA
3. Sonali Natarajan, Director of Documentation, Cisco Corporation, USA

So Oracle, TIBCO and Cisco now write their content in India do they?

I read a while back that by working with India from the UK, both economies would grow. If that is true, what we need to do, rather than burying our heads in the sand, is embrace that idea and start working together.

For many businesses in the UK, success can only come by working in the team with the developers and engineer subject matter experts (SME). Writing requires understanding and expertise but, which bits of the process could you share with a lower cost colleague? How does your organization aid you in forming those relationships? It's time to start thinking about these issues.