I agree, and I'd add ".. and speak in public more, too." I have a Substack post "Public Speaking for Engineers" about this, but unfortunately it lost out in th

I agree, and I'd add ".. and speak in public more, too." I have a Substack post "Public Speaking for Engineers" about this, but unfortunately it lost out in the poll to the one about my experiences at Oracle in the 90s, so you'll have to wait for that one. Anyhow, getting practice speaking, even if it's only to two people, is indispensable, and so is practicing writing. "Nobody reads what I write," you say? That's OK, you can wait a week and then read it yourself. There's a YouTube video that advocates that you just speak to your computer for a few minutes a day, so you don't even really need an audience for that. Getting inured to watching and hearing yourself is really valuable. The shock wears off.