{"id":62956,"date":"2015-10-12T15:36:33","date_gmt":"2015-10-12T15:36:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/news/62956///wp-json/wp/v2/news/62956//oglethorpe.edu/wp-json/wp/v2/news/62956//news/wp-json/wp/v2/news/62956//an-ex-microsoft-engineers-advice-to-programmers-learn-how-to-write-lifehacker-com/wp-json/wp/v2/news/62956//"},"modified":"2024-08-23T09:37:21","modified_gmt":"2024-08-23T09:37:21","slug":"an-ex-microsoft-engineers-advice-to-programmers-learn-how-to-write-lifehacker-com","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/news/62956///wp-json/wp/v2/news/62956//oglethorpe.edu/wp-json/wp/v2/news/62956//news/wp-json/wp/v2/news/62956//an-ex-microsoft-engineers-advice-to-programmers-learn-how-to-write-lifehacker-com/wp-json/wp/v2/news/62956//","title":{"rendered":"An Ex-Microsoft Engineer’s Advice to Programmers: Learn How to Write | LifeHacker.com"},"content":{"rendered":"
From LifeHacker.com via Business Insider:/wp-json/wp/v2/news/62956/u00a0Finding success in any field is rarely confined to a singular skill, even one like programming. That/wp-json/wp/v2/news/62956/u2019s why Mike Borozdin, the now senior director of engineering at DocuSign, suggests all programmers sharpen their grammar skills in addition to their coding skills./wp-json/wp/v2/news/62956/n You might be a fantastic programmer, but knowing how to write clearly can help you better explain your work to managers or potential clients. Borozdin, a former Microsoft engineer for several years, explains to/wp-json/wp/v2/news/62956/u00a0Business Insider:/wp-json/wp/v2/news/62956/n I would advise folks in software to do one thing, and that/wp-json/wp/v2/news/62956/u2019s write. Learn how to write … It/wp-json/wp/v2/news/62956/u2019s actually useful. You need to know how to express yourself. And it/wp-json/wp/v2/news/62956/u2019s really tough for a lot of engineers to step up and do public speaking… Once you create a successful piece of software, you/wp-json/wp/v2/news/62956/u2019re probably going to be writing English as much as you/wp-json/wp/v2/news/62956/u2019re going to be writing Java or Objective C. I/wp-json/wp/v2/news/62956/u2019ve created multiple pieces of software at DocuSign that went viral, and people liked them and wanted to use more of them. And I probably wrote 10 times the documentation and explanation, and answered questions in paragraph form./wp-json/wp/v2/news/62956/n/wp-json/wp/v2/news/62956/n/wp-json/wp/v2/news/62956/n
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