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Blogging is waste of time. Most of blogs are paid PR/Marketing/SEO content that is low quality click-bait. Like this blog post that is PR piece for company that

by Chyzwar 10y ago

Blogging is waste of time. Most of blogs are paid PR/Marketing/SEO content that is low quality click-bait. Like this blog post that is PR piece for company that author works. Engineer should sharpen theirs skills on github. During interview github profile is much larger hiring factor than blog.

zzzcpan 10y ago
> Blogging is waste of time. It certainly is a waste of time for improving your engineering skills, it's a myth. But it isn't for PR, which is very important these days even to get somewhere in software engineering, not to mention for pushing any kind of product or attracting other engineers to hire.
- greglindahl 10y ago
  ... being able to explain things concisely and accurately is a skill that helps any engineer.
- Chyzwar 10y ago
  You are either Engineer or not. Writing blog post will have less of effect on your engineering skills than writing code.
  - zzzcpan 10y ago
    But it doesn't matter how great of an engineer you are if nobody knows about you.
  - saryant 10y ago
    I was able to step up to a major tech company because they noticed my blog posts, Stack Overflow answers and conference talks. That nearly doubled my income.