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I am 100% part of those developers that is trying to improve their communication skills. Since February I have made it a big focus to try and find a voice. It'

I am 100% part of those developers that is trying to improve their communication skills. Since February I have made it a big focus to try and find a voice. It's super hard. English is not my native language, and even if it were, I am not a good communicator. But I started writing tweets and a blog. It's a bit of a mixed bag. On one hand, I've had a lot of success, I have followers, readers etc... on the other hand, it's very hard to do it without compromising oneself and still finding an audience. Twitter is also a world on its own. Hell, I don't believe I deserve the following I have and it's very hard to find a style of communication that works for developers on that platform. The result is that it's skews toward short, simple tweets, the simpler the better. Being a good communicator is important, but it doesn't come without a cost.

balfirevic 6y ago
> But I started writing tweets and a blog. How did you get started? Any tips on getting dev blog readers (not that I have one yet)?
- duiker101 6y ago
  I am really not the best person to answer this because I am still very unexperienced. But I had the luck of writing one blog post that got a lot of traction and to have a website that can generate a bit of traffic to the blog. The actual writing was really the hard part for me. Putting my knowledge to words is tricky. I struggle with finding topics and how to express them. What worked for now was more of a "whatever, let's just do it" attitude and try different things.
  - balfirevic 6y ago
    > I am really not the best person to answer this because I am still very unexperienced. Nah, that is exactly why I asked you, and I mean that in a positive way. Someone very experienced might have very well forgotten how it was when they started, or they might have started when online writing landscape was quite different. Or, worse, they might say "well, I just sent an email to my 5000-member email list, how else would you start a blog?" :) What is your blog? I dug out https://duiker101.net/ https://duiker101.net/ but that is returning 404 for me.
    - duiker101 6y ago
      I put it under the main website, blog.hackertyper.net
- coffeefirst 6y ago
  Start by making something good. Figure the rest out later—including whether you even care if you have readers, and if so why.
Pokepokalypse 6y ago
I've always felt that if a developer can put themselves in to the point of view of a naive person, (ie. a complete non-technical person, OR a developer who may not have all the same experiences, or perhaps one who is self-taught, and has gaps) - then they can shape how they conceive and explain things, and it's super helpful. In fact, I think I learned this technique in Technical Writing 101.

balfirevic 6y ago

> But I started writing tweets and a blog. How did you get started? Any tips on getting dev blog readers (not that I have one yet)?

duiker101 6y ago
I am really not the best person to answer this because I am still very unexperienced. But I had the luck of writing one blog post that got a lot of traction and to have a website that can generate a bit of traffic to the blog. The actual writing was really the hard part for me. Putting my knowledge to words is tricky. I struggle with finding topics and how to express them. What worked for now was more of a "whatever, let's just do it" attitude and try different things.
- balfirevic 6y ago
  > I am really not the best person to answer this because I am still very unexperienced. Nah, that is exactly why I asked you, and I mean that in a positive way. Someone very experienced might have very well forgotten how it was when they started, or they might have started when online writing landscape was quite different. Or, worse, they might say "well, I just sent an email to my 5000-member email list, how else would you start a blog?" :) What is your blog? I dug out https://duiker101.net/ https://duiker101.net/ but that is returning 404 for me.
  - duiker101 6y ago
    I put it under the main website, blog.hackertyper.net
coffeefirst 6y ago
Start by making something good. Figure the rest out later—including whether you even care if you have readers, and if so why.

Pokepokalypse 6y ago

I've always felt that if a developer can put themselves in to the point of view of a naive person, (ie. a complete non-technical person, OR a developer who may not have all the same experiences, or perhaps one who is self-taught, and has gaps) - then they can shape how they conceive and explain things, and it's super helpful. In fact, I think I learned this technique in Technical Writing 101.