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> A writing culture can penalize and demoralize non-native speakers Couldn't you say this about basically any skill? > I've worked with brilliant individuals
by playpause 5y ago
> A writing culture can penalize and demoralize non-native speakers
Couldn't you say this about basically any skill?
> I've worked with brilliant individuals who felt like they're perceived as "stupid" because their language skills weren't as polished
The problem there isn't that the company has a writing culture.
- Filligree 5y ago> The problem there isn't that the company has a writing culture. English is my second language... not that anyone would notice. I've spent enough time writing fiction that I'm better at it than most people for whom it is native. Recently I've noticed I've started making the same homophone errors that actually native speakers tend to make; not sure if that is good or not. But that's a huge time investment. If such companies want to pay people to spend three or four hours a day, for years, training their writing skill -- then sure, I don't think anyone will mind. Otherwise I don't think it's a reasonable request.