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> Writing is hard. Expressing technical ideas in writing is very hard. That. I'm always baffled by the amount of positive feedback a well written document or
by qayxc 7y ago
> Writing is hard. Expressing technical ideas in writing is very hard.
That.
I'm always baffled by the amount of positive feedback a well written document or well-structured presentation can get you as opposed to weeks of hard work and craftsmanship that no non-technical person is ever going to notice.
- finnthehuman 7y agoThe work that will impress the most is usually found at the boundaries between skillsets, not in the nitty-gritty of one feild. It's the bikeshed problem in reverse. Nobody can understand your reactor design well enough to be impressed by the impressive things you did. They can have their socks knocked off by your bikeshed though. Even if your reactor design would get positive feedback from fellow reactor designers and your bikeshed is a laughing stock among bikeshed builders. Not to say that technical writing is frivolous or lower skilled as bike sheds are to reactor design, this is just the go-to story about approachability.