Writing makes reasoning and decisions available beyond the meeting or the person who first explained them.
What to look for
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Write for the intended reader and the action they need to take.
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Make proposals, runbooks, and tradeoffs durable.
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Practice revision and request feedback from effective writers.
Keep in mind
The surrounding career examples reflect the author’s context. Clear writing supports influence, but does not replace technical evidence or appropriate authority.
Try this next
Take a recent design note and ask a new reader to summarize its decision, alternatives, and next action. Revise the places they misunderstood.
Get the career growth templateNotes and exercises by Awesome CTO. The original work belongs to Gergely Orosz.