Alan Jacobs, writing in his blog, The New Atlantis, has great insights about the value of writing across many professions:
Again and again in my career I have seen that people who can write well — in almost any field — give themselves a great advantage over their competition. I have former students in the business world, English majors all, who have kept their jobs or even gotten promotions when people with business and economics degrees were being laid off: their ability to communicate, especially in writing, was always the key.
There is no doubt that strong writing skills enhance every career. As Peter Drucker stated, “As soon as you put one foot on the career ladder, your success depends on your ability to write clearly.”
