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submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 56 points 4 months ago (1 children)

A major turning point in one's academic journey is when you go from struggling to compose a lengthy and impressive essay to struggling to compose a concise and accessible essay (otherwise known as the "too-short-and-basic to too-long-and-pompous shift"). Sometimes this takes leaving academia and realizing that your masterpiece work doesn't mean shit if no one bothered to read it.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I was an engineer is school. I've always been good at fluffing up my writing, but it always annoyed me that I had to make things longer when I felt like I was already done.

When one of my first engineering reports said "this has to be no more than 2 pages long" as opposed to "at least" I knew I had chosen the right school. Lol

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

Don't forget 2 pages with pictures and tables.