Short essays are read by more people, too. You need to spend a lot of time to read a large text and you might end up not learning anything interesting. On the o

Short essays are read by more people, too. You need to spend a lot of time to read a large text and you might end up not learning anything interesting. On the other hand, short essays can be read in a minute and you either waste just an insignificant amount of time or you learn something useful. This can be easily used to get your foot in the door with people who don't have time to waste, like your boss or one of your chiefs.