(This may be someone OT with respect to the specific OP question/circumstance, but...) You are probably developing to/for a domain. (Healthcare, hardware, fin

(This may be someone OT with respect to the specific OP question/circumstance, but...) You are probably developing to/for a domain. (Healthcare, hardware, finance, etc...) Part of being successful is having good domain knowledge and understanding. If the technical aspects of your work don't translate well to an audio presentation, understanding of the domain(s) you are concentrating on might. Then, when you're doing something, or in a meeting about it, you have a better understanding of the "why". And of whether the tactics and strategy under consideration make good sense, or of how they might be improved. This is also a means of going past "pushing buttons" to becoming responsible for design decisions and the like.