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Become a Better Engineer Through Writing
Kristina Thai discusses how writing can enhance engineering skills and identifies four key writing channels: personal journals, Q&A forums, blogging, and technical tutorials. Each channel offers distinct benefits and challenges, emphasizing the importance of reflection, public exposure, and building reputation. She also provides tips for getting started, such as not needing to be an expert and finding a blogging buddy.
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- 1. 2015 Become a Better Engineer ThroughWriting Kristina Thai iOS Software Engineer Intuit #GHC15 2015 @kristinathai
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- 3. 2015 What makes agood engineer? @kristinathai
- 4. 2015 Engineer Checklist* Technical skills Strong coder Domain expert Problem solver “Soft” skills Communicates well Passion for learning Learns from mistakes Teacher/mentor @kristinathai *Not a comprehensive list
- 5. 2015 What does thishave to do with writing? @kristinathai
- 6. 2015 4 Writing ChannelsThat Help Engineers @kristinathai
- 7. 2015 📓 Personal Journal ❓Question & Answer Forums 📖 Blogging 📝 Technical Tutorials @kristinathai
- 8. 2015 Personal Journal @kristinathai 📓 Whatis it? − Private place to record your technical challenges
- 9. 2015 Personal Journal @kristinathai 📓 Benefits −Reflection time − For your eyes only − Easy to get started Challenges − Hard to keep up − Doesn’t benefit anyone else − No one to correct you if you’re wrong
- 10. 2015 Developer Q&A Forums @kristinathai ❓ What is it? − Places where people go to for help with their technical problems − Knowledgeable experts answer questions
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- 13. 2015 Q&A Forums @kristinathai ❓ Benefits −Learn what others are struggling with − Easy to pick up whenever you want − Bite-sized chunks − Builds reputation Challenges − Negative comments
- 14. 2015 Blogging What isit? − Public place to record your technical challenges − Your own personal site, or a part of a blogging community − Most popular form of technical online writing @kristinathai 📖
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- 18. 2015 Blogging Benefits − Publicexposure − Builds reputation − Reflection time Challenges − Lots of time & commitment − Keeping your blog fresh & unique @kristinathai 📖
- 19. 2015 Technical Tutorials Whatis it? − Step-by-step technical walkthroughs that teach others how to do something − Usually has a working demo project at the end − Your own personal site, or a part of a tutorial community @kristinathai 📝
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- 22. 2015 Technical Tutorials Benefits −By far the absolute best to build reputation − Reinforces learning − Build full projects Challenges − Even MORE time and commitment − Find unique/undiscovered solutions @kristinathai 📝
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- 27. 2015 Website Stats @kristinathai As ofOct 4, 2015
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- 32. 2015 Engineer Checklist Technical skills Strong coder Domain expert Problem solver “Soft” skills Communicates well Passion for learning Learns from mistakes Teacher/mentor @kristinathai
- 33. 2015 Tips for GettingStarted @kristinathai 🎓 👭 💻 Don’t have to be THE expert Check out your side projects Find a blogging buddy
- 34. 2015 More Resources @kristinathai Websites& apps for personal journals Great beginner question and answer sites Blogging & tutorial writing platforms Tips on how to keep it up kristinathai.com/writing
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