Encouraging words for bloggers from 'Getting Real'
Last night, I decided to read a few chapters in ‘Getting Real‘, a book by the good people of 37Signals, to guide people towards building better (software-) products. I was surprised to find this chapter on staffing:
Hire good writers
If you are trying to decide between a few people to fill a position, always hire the better writer. It doesn’t matter if that person is a designer, programmer, marketer, salesperson, or whatever, the writing skills will pay off. Effective, concise writing and editing leads to effective, concise code, design, emails, instant messages, and more.
That’s because being a good writer is about more than words. Good writers know how to communicate. They make things easy to understand. They can put themselves in someone else’s shoes. They know what to omit. They think clearly. And those are the qualities you need.
Being a good writer is all about practice, so I hope that encourages some people to write more. Btw. we are looking for more bloggers, so drop Jeremy a message via the about page.
Vincent is a co-author on Tech IT Easy, who doesn’t consider himself a wordsmith yet, but he does his best. You can find out more about him on this blog’s initial announcement or on his site.
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