Re:Why does writing matter in remote work?
by tluyben2 on Tuesday May 05, 2020 @01:35AM
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One of the depressing things I notice as I get older is that no-one reads anything. If it's not in the first sentence (or, for some people, last sentence) it is ignored. So I write 1 line emails. It's on HN too ofcourse; people respond to the first sentence without reading the rest, missing every and all nuance. Great stuff.
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Yup, that's the downside of modern day internet culture; even as a software developer, my main and most used skills are reading and writing. And with reading, since there's so much of it people end up skim reading / skipping.
Once upon a time I was on an internet forum and I would read each and every post. Nowadays, if it's longer than a paragraph long and not by someone I care about, I just glaze over - I can't be bothered anymore. Mind you, having less time for that kinda thing also doesn't help.