Did you develop the ability to write in college?
The absolute necessity to write is learned in college. A person who can not live by email is doomed to no raises
With AI, now you don’t even have to be able to write well.
Communication in ANY field is important if you have to communicate. (some people don’t have to, bless their hearts!)
I don’t think it was college that taught me to write. I began reading extensively at an early age (I read Moby Dick when I was eight) and never had a problem communicating.
I will say that I had great difficulty mapping out sentences (this is the preposition, this is the adverb...etc) but I could always write clearly.
When I was in the USN, I wrote letters like a madman, which helped before I went to college after I got out.
I love writing, which is one of the reasons I enjoy FR so much, even if most of the time I am too wordy for communication in this forum.
When people give me the TL/DR indication, I try not to take it personally-FR is just where I try to sharpen my skills both in writing and critical thinking.