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After more than 20 years in information and communications technology, I
decided to become a freelance tech writer several years ago. While I am
based in the Netherlands and so are most of my clients, I do have a couple
of them across the border in Belgium and Great Britain. Because my foreign
clients do not require onsite working, I am able to conduct my work using
the telephone, fax and e-mail. I would love to expand into the USA (where I
lived for 9 years and got my MSc in Computer Science at the University of
Mass.) and Canada. However, I am having considerable problems contacting
end-customers and agencies, and generally convincing people of the viability
of distance working.
I would apprecaite your comments and ideas.
Best regards,
Joe Figueiredo
FITS -at- TREF -dot- NL
