In any career the skill set and competence of the applicant is critical, and maybe the reason why you get a job or outright rejected. Kyle Wiens – author of I Won’t Hire People Who Use Poor Grammar. Here’s Why. – styles himself as a grammar stickler. And, considering that he is the CEO of one of the largest and most premier online repair manuals, he has more of a reason than most to place huge reliance on the competency of someone’s ability to use proper grammar.
Out there beyond the confines of lecture halls and classrooms the real world is an uncaring beast that demands you to display professionalism and competence in order to succeed. This is especially true for professional writers whose entire career is centered on writing, whether it be for books or in Kyle Wiens case a company of technical writers and technicians. In Kyle Wiens point of view if a person hasn’t somehow learned how to place a comma or use even an apostrophe in the correct way after graduating from higher education (dyslexic or learning English speakers aside) then it isn’t a matter of mistakes, but rather a repetitive pattern of disinterest on improving.
How you write can say a lot about the type of person you are, the level of skill you can provide, and the least likely of mistakes that you might make. Kyle Wiens isn’t someone who believes in shaming people with poor grammar when they take his company mandatory literary exams, because grammar might have nothing to do with the skill, intelligence, or creativity of the applicant. Rather his focus is on the professionalism they provide, their focus, and for professional writers what you write is all you have, because you are only good as you last writing.
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