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And the more permanent and public the context, the more relevant that attention to detail is as an indicator. A few days ago, I was stopped at a red light behi
by Gormo 16y ago
And the more permanent and public the context, the more relevant that attention to detail is as an indicator.
A few days ago, I was stopped at a red light behind a landscaping company's truck. They'd had one of those vehicle wraps applied to the body of the truck, turning the whole thing into a billboard for their company. The graphics and copy on the truck wrap contained several spelling errors, uncapitalized sentences, a bulleted list in which the bullets were not vertically aligned, and visible JPEG artifacts.
Now imagine what your lawn might look like if you hired this company.
In more white-collar contexts, poor grammar, spelling, or writing style might also work as a broader indicator of intelligence and education: I'd presume that being able to write effectively is fairly well correlated with being well-read.
- coderdude 16y agoThat's a terrible example to draw from. Your lawn might look great when they get done with it, because I doubt those gardeners were the people that designed their truck's advertising. They probably hired some guy to do it for $300.
- HeyLaughingBoy 16y agoThe example is quite valid. If I hire someone to make a sign, I will make sure it's done right before I pay them. Moreover, putting a crappy, poorly spelled ad on my vehicle reflects on me and my attention to detail since that's all the reader has to go on.
- coderdude 16y agoWell, you are right that if you hire someone to make a sign you should at least verify yourself that there are no spelling mistakes and that it won't reflect poorly on your company. I concede.