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I am a software engineer that loves to help others. Nothing to do with self-marketing, at least not intentionally, but a welcomed skill in the team. So the ques
by zoul 8y ago
I am a software engineer that loves to help others. Nothing to do with self-marketing, at least not intentionally, but a welcomed skill in the team. So the question makes sense to me.
- collyw 8y agoI like helping others as well. I don't need to fart about writing blogs to do it.
- criddell 8y agoIt does increase your reach though. I work on Windows software and a blog like Raymond Chen's Old New Thing is super valuable.
- kasey_junk 8y agoI have a blog no one knows about. If I’m trying to teach a concept or find something interesting I’ll write it up. The writing process itself acts as a check if I understand something. Then when people have similar questions/problems in the future I can just link. The personal value of the blog makes it worth trying at least.
- collyw 8y agoI have tried it a couple of times (I do have a couple of posts on my github pages). I just don't have the time / motivation combination to do it on a regular basis. I find it quite time consuming writing in a way that makes it clear to others what I am doing. I'll come over to your computer and explain the same concepts in ten minutes that would take me an hour or two to write up and format in a manner that I would want to display publicly. (I find answering questions on Stack Overflow a lot less time consuming to get a useful point across).
- detaro 8y agoAnd because you don't have time / motivation everyone that has is a self marketer? I agree it's silly to expect every developer to have a blog. I strongly disagree with the only motivation for it being self marketing, or it being a somehow unreasonable question if you have one.
- ryandrake 8y agoI agree there are talkers and there are do-ers, and very few who are good at both. They do exist but they are rare. This is true for many professions, not just programmers.
- detaro 8y agoSure. Luckily the blogs written by the two categories are fairly easy to tell apart. Even checking if the domain is medium.com or something else is a good first estimate, but to be sure you should look at the content.
- zoul 8y agoI'll come over to your computer and explain the same concepts in ten minutes that would take me an hour or two to write up and format in a manner that I would want to display publicly. That’s right, but multiplied by the number of people who read it…?