Why Engineers Need to Write

Re:Why Engineers Need to Write by Pokepokalypse on Friday March 24, 2023 @08:11PM (#35297453)

lol. that's me; only I start by writing out the problem as an email to ask someone for help. 90% of the time, I find that I didn't have a complete understanding of the problem to begin with, and I usually end up solving it before hitting "send".

Then I'll have this odd memory of - "I discussed this with you, I told you all abo- oh wait, I didn't send it."

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Re:Why Engineers Need to Write by jrochkind1 on Friday March 24, 2023 @11:57PM (#35299180)

Which is so common it's basically what's called https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubber_duck_debugging

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Re:Why Engineers Need to Write by heisenbit on Saturday March 25, 2023 @05:22AM (#35300943)

I found that sometimes sending it is required for me when I‘m absolutely stuck and have explained it a few times. It sort of commits it to memory and frees up mental resources then able to come from a different direction.

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Re:Why Engineers Need to Write by sedawk on Saturday March 25, 2023 @01:53PM (#35305165)

I thought I was the weird one... Many a times have I debugged an issue and was convinced of where is the bug and what the fix is. Only to discover that I was off in both the regards when I sat down to write a detailed email to the team!

I felt I was wasting too much time. But I've realized that for me the time spent writing something in details has always helped me fill in the gaps and also discover the unknowns.

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