Not currently blogging but it's an excellent way to get your name out there. It gives you a lot of credibility when applying to a job or finding clients. It can

Not currently blogging but it's an excellent way to get your name out there. It gives you a lot of credibility when applying to a job or finding clients. It can also help a ton of people. My old blog had around 5000 visitors per month (and I didn't even post any new articles for a few years). Most of them just came through stack overflow and Google and were interested in solving their problems with the solution that I described.