One thing I've been wondering a little bit about lately, is the level of demand for technical writers and editors in various countries. There's only so long you can read "technical" documents in Newspapers, magazines, books, and online before you wonder: How do these publications justify publishing information that is inaccurate, misleading, or just plain wrong?
A few years back, I did some writing for a local computer publication. I must admit the process of being edited by someone else was quite a harrowing one. The suggestions they made radically altered the way the article read, and at times, made certain portions of it quite incorrect. That was hard enough in itself, but the harder part was pointing this out to the editor, who really didn't seem to have a firm grasp of what was being written about.
Anyway, times haven't seemed to change. There are still an awful lot of articles being published daily with terrible technical errors in them, which leads me somewhat to my point or question. What does one do to become a technical editor? Are there many places out there that actually employ people to do this sort of work? Probably more importantly, what would the pay be like? :)