If you start with bullet points and then add filler, it’s probably worthless filler and the worst of both worlds. I don’t trust the people who say that they want complete sentences. They’re probably just praising people for going through the motions, not paying attention to whether it’s actually easier to read.
Also, it’s not just whether you use bullet points, but also what is in them. For example, in this article, there are sentences. You could remove the bullets, and the text would remain almost the same.
Now imagine instead reducing the article to the following bullet-structure:
Bullet points:
advantages
understanding of structure
easier prototyping
brevity
disadvantages
lack of clarity
lack of fluency
missing numbers
hard to read
Five minutes after heaving read this, would you actually remember anything? I most likely wouldn’t even remember that I have read the “article”.
Use the right tool for the job.
If you start with bullet points and then add filler, it’s probably worthless filler and the worst of both worlds. I don’t trust the people who say that they want complete sentences. They’re probably just praising people for going through the motions, not paying attention to whether it’s actually easier to read.
Also, it’s not just whether you use bullet points, but also what is in them. For example, in this article, there are sentences. You could remove the bullets, and the text would remain almost the same.
Now imagine instead reducing the article to the following bullet-structure:
Bullet points:
advantages
understanding of structure
easier prototyping
brevity
disadvantages
lack of clarity
lack of fluency
missing numbers
hard to read
Five minutes after heaving read this, would you actually remember anything? I most likely wouldn’t even remember that I have read the “article”.