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Hmmh, wasn't there another article like this some time back that cited clear writing (of prose/email/documentation) as the most important programmer skill, especially if one wants to ascend to the highest ranks of an organization?

In the discussion thread, I believe one of HN's elder statesmen (ChuckMcM?) quoted a Nobel prize-winning physicist who said "clear writing in English" was more important to his career than math.

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Clear writing is indeed difficult, as far as my field (Business/Data Analyst). More difficult is to express oneself clearly under a lot of pressure.

That's underselling the difficulty of being a business/data analyst. You not only have to express yourself clearly, but are constrained by the knowledge and mental models used by your target audience. Which becomes exponentially more difficult if you have multiple audiences you have to convey a point to, simultaneously.

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