Professional Writing - A Reflection

The skills I learned in my professional writing class will be useful not only in future classes but in my workplace since many of these skills apply to my job as well as Robotics Manager. I do a lot of admin work and communicate a lot through Slack and may have unwittingly used some of these skills a lot throughout the years. However, seeing and practicing these skills allows me to hone in on this craft and become a lot more skilled at applying it.

I don’t think my idea about how I represent myself has changed; I think it has improved. I already had an idea of how to present myself through writing through trial and error through my experience climbing the ranks at my job. However, practicing these skills and seeing them represented in this course has helped me hone this craft a lot more. For example, I haven’t thought much about writing professionally through social media and always saw that as a more casual place, even with sites such as LinkedIn. Now, I see we can use these means as other ways to bridge out. Understanding when to apply that professional lens gives a more professional feel and can help create more professional connections.