On False Dichotomies

22 Jun 2017

Why Not Both?

In my last post, I said the following:

The dream is to [make a living] with words, through writing or speaking or teaching.
However, my resume and experience indicate a person with Development and DevOps skills.

The truth of the matter is that writing is a valuable skill to have in life generally. There’s no reason that one cannot be and do both.

Here are just some of the things that a developer can write:

• Technical Blog Posts
  • Failure Post-Mortems
  • Success Post-Mortems
  • Tips and Tricks
  • Tutorials
• Patch Notes
• Documentation
• Tech Talks
• Reviews
  • Conference Overview
  • Software Review

This doesn’t even cover personal writing, like a book or game review, or a general opinion piece.

Like most of my writing, this is as much a message to myself as it is to anyone reading it:

Take some time every day to express yourself with words. It’s easier and more valuable than you think.