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High-signal communication for engineers

High-signal communication for engineers

- I want you to become a great software engineer, not just a fast one. Sure, AI can be used for writing code, documentation, tests, and refactoring, among other things, but it can also be used to improve your communication. Communication is one of the fastest force multipliers in your career. Your code ships features, your communication ships. Understanding as a new grad, the quickest way to level up isn't another framework. It's getting the right message to the right people in the right format at the right time. AI can help polish and structure, but it won't fix a fuzzy message. Let's explore how we can use AI to level up your communication skills. I use a simple model when it comes to communication, intent, audience, medium, message, ask. Let's start with intent. Intent means what outcome do I want. Do I want to inform, decide, or unblock? Next is audience. Who's on the other end? Is it a peer, PM, or an executive?…

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