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Funny as it is, it also hits close to home. Some people[0], at least in some cases[1], may really think in lists (or trees); many (most?) others prefer prose. T
by TeMPOraL 2y ago
Funny as it is, it also hits close to home. Some people[0], at least in some cases[1], may really think in lists (or trees); many (most?) others prefer prose. Turning those structured thoughts into expected prose can sometimes be very time-consuming.
I'm not ashamed to admit that, more than once, I used AI tools to turn a bullet-point-list-shaped brain dump into a first draft of an e-mail. I never sent it out without an almost complete rewrite, though - the point was just to get through the mental block caused by forced thinking mode switch.
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[0] - I suspect software devs more than company average, but I have no hard evidence for that, could be just my bias.
[1] - Myself, often, when my mind is busy processing something else. In those situations, I write even more verbosely than my verbose usual.