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Rapid reading and comprehension¹ and exposure to a breadth of vocabulary and ideas is the professional equivalent of having superpowers. So many developers hav
by GrumpyYoungMan 3y ago
Rapid reading and comprehension¹ and exposure to a breadth of vocabulary and ideas is the professional equivalent of having superpowers. So many developers have crappy writing skills and weak reading comprehension and have to struggle harder to develop their careers because of it.
¹ The barren wasteland that is online discourse doesn't count for obvious reasons.
- torginus 3y agoI'm not so negative about online discourse. Participating in online arguments, and writing tons of comments has immensely improved my writing skills and my ability to translate my ideas into text in a clear and concise manner. Sure, it's not the peak of literary achievement, but hey, you gotta walk before you can run.
- Arrath 3y agoI also like to say that years of rules lawyering in D&D and MTG have given me a leg up in contractual language debates. Its kind of fun, even.