Looking back on the term, I was initially overwhelmed by the amount of work and assignments required for this course. My calendar was populated with around two assignments per week from this course, and I thought it would be difficult. However, these assignments were especially helpful in improving my writing. Over the term, I believe I learned how to write effective peer reviews and learn from other people’s work as a result. One topic that I struggled on in this course was minimizing the use of pronouns and the use of imperative verbs. At the beginning of the course, my assignments consisted heavily of pronouns and imperative verbs which can set the wrong tone for technical writing. The “You Attitude” writing style was a new concept for me, however, I believe it was one of the most useful concepts in the course. This style of writing has direct real world applications when emailing other people such as professors and other working professionals.
Now that I have taken this technical writing course, my writing capabilities has improved exceptionally. As a computer science student with the intention of becoming a software developer, this course will help my communication skills throughout my career. Through learning the “You Attitude” style of writing and all the memorandums I have created over the term, I believe the tone of my future emails will be positive for the reader. Overall, I am glad to have taken this course and I will apply the concepts learned in this course to my professional career.