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Re:Why Engineers Need to Write by BurningFrog on Friday March 24, 2023 @04:56PM (#35295367)
My theory is that the field has a big population "on the spectrum", and they're just not great communicators. Maybe because the "theory of mind" deficit.

They do have extra gifts in writing code which compensates somewhat. But it's a huge problem when half your team struggles to carry a conversation.

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Re:Why Engineers Need to Write by jacob171714 on Friday March 24, 2023 @09:47PM (#35298286)
Not exactly a theory that this field has a higher percentage of autistic people. I think the communication deficit is more of a deficit between non autistic people and autistic people.
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Re:Why Engineers Need to Write by jrochkind1 on Saturday March 25, 2023 @12:04AM (#35299234)
I'm not sure there's a correlation between austistic people and (lack of) ability to write "clearly, logically, and succinctly." I think there's a variation of skill there among all people. Some autistic people are excellent technical communicators and documentation or specification/standards writers.
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