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In one CS job application in college I wrote in the list of skills "can write good prose". By this I meant both that I knew English, which was not obvious at th
by throw_pm23 3y ago
In one CS job application in college I wrote in the list of skills "can write good prose". By this I meant both that I knew English, which was not obvious at that time and place, and that I can structure text logically, e.g. for documentation.
The interviewer kept mocking it and asking what did I mean by prose and whether I can also write in rhymes if needed, and ended up not making an offer. Twenty years later, good writing is still the most important skill in my career and the one that I rely on most often.
- TickleSteve 3y agoThe ability to explain yourself clearly and precisely in the written word is a skill not much appreciated by most engineers (sadly).
- gregjw 3y agoTheir loss. The ultimate 'soft skill'.
- kramerger 3y agoOkay, story time: About 10 years ago a friend of mine asked me to apply for a job in his team (at this big famous company starting with A). I had exactly the right qualifications and we had worked before so it was basically a done deal. I send my application through the normal channels and their HR team rejected me before reaching my friend. Among my qualifications I had jokingly added that I could fake a Pink Floyd riff or two on the guitar... I was asked to apply again. I declined.