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I have failed deeply and fundamentally as a technologist by not being able to explain the technology in plain language. I now regard it as a minimum bar that I
by benreesman 4y ago
I have failed deeply and fundamentally as a technologist by not being able to explain the technology in plain language.
I now regard it as a minimum bar that I can explain the broad outlines in plain language.
Anyone who can’t is is a fucking fraud.
- ghaff 4y agoWhile I see where you're coming from, get deep enough into specialized concepts and a "plain language" explanation that assumes no prior knowledge is going to have to hand wave away a huge amount of detail and may not even be completely accurate in many respects. Yes, you can probably give an intelligent person the gist of what's going on, perhaps by analogy, but it may not really be an "explanation."