> participants need to be competent at writing and reading prose (it’s harder than it sounds) In my experience, around 1/3rd of developers are not good typists

> participants need to be competent at writing and reading prose (it’s harder than it sounds) In my experience, around 1/3rd of developers are not good typists. Writing code isn't really about typing, so it's OK, but when participating in an active conversation in a chat room with multiple people, not being able to type well hurts.