Other People’s Writing

By the time a new graduate is a year into their first job, particularly in a knowledge industry like engineering, it’s quite likely they have been asked to review several documents, specifications, or design drawings, that were written by or prepared by others. 

As that worker advances, there is no slowing down of those requests.  The requirement or request to review other people’s writings only increase with experience.

And yet, there is rarely a clear understanding given by the requester, or communicated by the reviewer, about what the expected specific outputs are in this ever-so-common exchange in the knowledge workplace.