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Hard disagree. The skillsets for writing and programming are largely orthogonal. The fact you're a programmer who finds writing difficult means nothing in regar
by ZephyrBlu 4y ago
Hard disagree. The skillsets for writing and programming are largely orthogonal. The fact you're a programmer who finds writing difficult means nothing in regard to the relative difficulty of each skill.
On the contrary, I have always found writing well (Based on what other people have told me) relatively easy without putting in much focused effort. Whereas programming was something I had to put many hours into.
- austinshea 4y agosounds uninformed. i'm sure this opinion will change with experience.
- nobodyandproud 4y ago> Hard disagree. The skillsets for writing and programming are largely orthogonal. The fact you're a programmer who finds writing difficult means nothing in regard to the relative difficulty of each skill. How do you survive code reviews with poor writing? I insist on well-documented code because conveying intent and purpose of code is extremely important. That often requires decent writing skills.
- hnfong 4y agoYou got more practice writing human languages. You probably started learned to read/write ~4-6 years old and continued learning for more than 10 years. You probably studied in school that took up a significant portion of your time. Imagine if you spent that time writing code. Starting at that early age. It would feel easy too. Even a professional software engineer probably reads and writes more in human language than in code. Reading/writing emails, chatting with colleagues on Slack, or reading comments on HN...
- ZephyrBlu 4y agoThat isn't what I mean. Many, many people have very poor writing despite having done it for many years and having studied it in school. My writing has always been good relative to my peers, and I haven't particularly tried to improve it.