Re: realistic expectations in Pune, India

2015-04-24 Thread hessiansx4
Good luck! I believe your best bet would be to find an American tech writer living in Pune, or hire someone in Boston. Plenty of companies parse out tech writing jobs to off-site writers. If you're concerned about quality, imo, your US-based team needs to do at least a copy edit! On

Re: realistic expectations in Pune, India

2015-04-24 Thread Meenakshi Sharma
Experience won't be an issue; quality may be. We'd hired technical writers in Pune as far back as 2001. We don't have writers there anymore. We found people who had a good attitude and were interested in our software, but their writing wasn't clean. Grammar was a real issue. I was surprised,

Re: realistic expectations in Pune, India

2015-04-24 Thread Gyanesh Talwar
John, I have worked in Pune for 4 years. You can definitely find the person you are looking for in Pune. Tech Writing in India is a little new for the Devs\QEs. The good thing is, you already know the challenges the Pune hire might face. There are plenty of writers in Pune with 10+ years of

realistic expectations in Pune, India

2015-04-23 Thread John Sgammato
Hi gang, I have to hire a writer in Pune, India, but I wonder if I have unrealistic expectations. We have a pretty sophisticated doc system in unstructured FrameMaker 12, using variables, conditional text, text insets, etc. We need API content as well as content for network administrators and