The Changing World of the Independent: A Broader Perspective     

The past few years have brought many changes in the profession of technical communication: the expansion of professional roles within organizations, new technologies for document design and presentation, and the global cultural influence as technology expands to overseas markets. Perhaps the most important change in the profession, however, is not external like these, but internal in the ways that the core business model has adapted to the new, information-based development model.

Barker, Thomas and Kathryn Poe. Technical Communication Online (2002). Careers>Freelance