All engineers are good writers... of code. But I believe that in order to a become better engineer–you should improve your writing skills.

Dennis Chiroro

Erlang

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Dmitry Kudryavtsev: Why engineers should focus on writing? He says in order to become a better engineer, you should improve your writing skills. He says writing is a way to organize your brain, as opposed to copying code snippets. If you like it or not, you will have to write.

Why engineers should focus on writing

<p>100% agree with this. Writing and presenting are two skills engineers should focus on, in addition to the technical. I was lucky enough to go to a college that had us constantly presenting and even teaching our classmates. Being able to write well and present your POV or argument clearly is vital to being a successful individual contributor or manager.</p>
