1. Communication Because it's a meta level skill underlying everything you do (that involves other people). In a company, an average developer with great comm

1. Communication Because it's a meta level skill underlying everything you do (that involves other people). In a company, an average developer with great communication is more effective than a great developer with not great communication. 2. Succinctness Check out PG's or Sam Altman's blogs or Hackers & Painters for examples of writing simply and clearly. I would love to know how they got so good. I'm blogging to improve that myself.