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> It's like I could spell but didn't know the first thing about grammar. Love this analogy for programming... It also reminds me that English and Public Speak
by ogre_codes 6y ago
> It's like I could spell but didn't know the first thing about grammar.
Love this analogy for programming...
It also reminds me that English and Public Speaking are very important skills I picked up in college which are easily neglected in a DIY program.
- ghaff 6y agoBeing on a student newspaper probably gave me some of the most valuable skills that I acquired in school.
- ZephyrBlu 6y agoWhat English skills did you acquire at uni? My English has always been quite good and I don't feel like formally studying English has helped me that much. Perhaps I've just forgotten about how much I've actually learnt though.
- freehunter 6y agoA lot of people are not good at English, though. Especially public speaking.
- ZephyrBlu 6y agoYes, definitely. That's why I'm curious about the specifics of what they learned rather than just "English".
- ogre_codes 6y agoMy writing has been pretty decent since high school, but I did pick up some public speaking skills in college. If you have great English/ Public speaking skills this isn't so important. But I know a lot of people have really mediocre communications skills.