Undervalued Engineering Skills: Writing Well

Post by lukeHeuer » Mon, Jun 03, 2019, 9:33 PM UTC

mnorton wrote: post #379

lukeHeuer wrote: post #321

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Most of the guidance is very outdated. It's likely to confuse more than clarify unless you've taken the time to study modern resources. I prefer Bryan Garner's work, like his usage guides. There is a great episode of Lexicon Valley where the dustier advice from The Elements of Style is called out: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/against-strunk-white/i...

There's definitely stuff in there that is dusty for sure. Thanks for this.

Post by Xplosiveoctopus » Fri, Jun 07, 2019, 12:55 PM UTC

Maro wrote: post #180

This resonates with me. My writing is clear and concise, I'm proud of it, and it pays off because I can communicate effectively. I'm not sure I agree with the "undervalued", in so far that I see a _lot_ of people who are not able to write clearly, and they get ahead and along just fine. Many executives who I worked with wrote terrible emails (sometimes they leave out the negation, so I'm guessing whether they mean X…