Hi, I come from an engineering background, and I cam currently getting a masters in economics. I am not a huge fan of "creative" writing papers, so would pursuing ER be pretty much useless?
I really enjoy the research and talking about my data and expressing my opinions, but will the reports require a lot of fluff and fancy grammar?
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You should be a good writer no matter what you do for a living. Just practice.
I mean it's not necessarily fluff/"fancy" grammar (what is fancy grammar even?) but you do need effective prose; it should be incisive and maybe a tad lively. Except for the occasional pun I don't see much "creative writing", so to speak.
So given that, I don't think it should be too much of an issue. But you do write a lot and you need to be an effective writer, though not necessarily "creative".
Ok thank you. I was under the impression of when people say "you need to be able to sell your work" that meant a lot of fluff. But I enjoy writing research reports and being incisive, I just need to work on the lively part so I don't sound dull.
you are a slave to the sun bro.
Most client's only read the first page and skim the graphs after that. We don't write as much as you think as most of it is either weeklies or about earnings. The meaty notes are usually the ones were there is a ratings change or doing a pre-earnings piece.
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