I think it was well written because you could clearly hear his voice through the writing and empathize with his internal struggle with being in a position of authority while also feeling unqualified for the job.
> Did it provide any useful or unique insights?
As someone who has been very frustrated in the past by my perception of the inefficiency of communicating "up and over" instead of talking laterally to an engineer on another team, I thought he succinctly communicated why it's often necessary and helped me understand the value of that practice.
> The writing itself seemed terrible and riddled with spelling errors.
Orthography is only one aspect what makes writing good or bad. And a relatively less relevant one IMO.
I think it was well written because you could clearly hear his voice through the writing and empathize with his internal struggle with being in a position of authority while also feeling unqualified for the job.
> Did it provide any useful or unique insights?
As someone who has been very frustrated in the past by my perception of the inefficiency of communicating "up and over" instead of talking laterally to an engineer on another team, I thought he succinctly communicated why it's often necessary and helped me understand the value of that practice.
> The writing itself seemed terrible and riddled with spelling errors.
Orthography is only one aspect what makes writing good or bad. And a relatively less relevant one IMO.