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0 pointsseltzerboys3y ago0 comments

hiring is probably the main thing. giving some kind of documentation exercise to all prospective devs seems to alleviate concerns about communication

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tqi3y ago

Agree that hiring is sure important, but I think as long as hiring is competitive, and most candidates are bad at writing, then compromises are almost inevitable?

layer83y ago

If FAANGs started putting more weight on technical-writing skills in their hiring, we would get Leetwriting and technical-writing bootcamps. Meaning, it’s just an education issue to some extent, and there’s currently too little motivation to train writing as a skill.

whatshisface3y ago

Leetcode doesn't raise people's IQs, it gives them practice effect on tech's favorite IQ test. So I don't think leetwriting would work for anything except getting practice effect on the new verbal IQ tests.

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tqi3y ago

Agree that hiring is sure important, but I think as long as hiring is competitive, and most candidates are bad at writing, then compromises are almost inevitable?

layer83y ago

whatshisface3y ago

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