Growing up, I always knew that I would have to leave my home town if I wanted to be a writer. That was simply the reality for my generation, and most of my secondary school class did indeed move out-of-province. Since I have moved extensively throughout my adult life for work, I began wondering this week: is relocation even an issue any more?
With company tolerance growing in recent years for telecommuting by other tech workers, telecommuting by tech writers has increasingly become accepted. Granted, most companies draw the line at working part-time off-site; It's still uncommon to find long-term work conducted exclusively off-site. But the trend in off-shoring in the IT/manufacturing sectors may hold a silver lining for tech workers after all, namely that companies with off-shore offices tend to be most tolerant of telecommuting. Perhaps a shift towards long-term telecommuting for tech writers is on the horizon?
Is relocation as we know it dead then? I think not. But with the increasing acceptance of telecommuting to access and work with proprietary, sensitive information, tech writers could soon bid farewell to moving to North Carolina, Texas, etc. to locate work. As the ascent of the "bathrobe warrior" continues, tech writers may soon enjoy the same freedom from Cubeville enjoyed by writers in the "creative" sector.
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