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Press releasesPress releasesPosted Dec 8, 2011 17:45 UTC (Thu) by dlang (✭ supporter ✭, #313)In reply to: Press releases by nix Parent article: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2 released
I actually made the transition to using a computer (z80 based machine saving to cassette tapes with a dot matrix printer) in high school, and the result took my grades for papers from low C to low A
the reason was all the ease in changing things.
that being said, my poor handwriting is still a problem, when people can't read what I put on the whiteboard, or I can't make out my scribbled note from two weeks ago.
your speed in writing is like the typing speed that I see many people struggling with.
as I say, mixed feelings now, they were far from mixed at the time I was being graded.
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Press releases Posted Dec 8, 2011 19:13 UTC (Thu) by nix (subscriber, #2304) [Link]
I suspect we're using different definitions of 'problem'. Poor handwriting introduces constraints: you can't use whiteboards, for example. But that doesn't necessarily mean it's a problem: it's only a problem if you can't find a workaround. And it's amazing how many problems you can't fix you can find workarounds for.
But other than that I suspect we're in violent agreement.
Press releases Posted Dec 8, 2011 19:26 UTC (Thu) by dlang (✭ supporter ✭, #313) [Link]
Some problems you work around, but even with a work-around for a problem, it can still end up limiting you. You may decide that you don't care about that limit, you will always stay below that point, but how much of that is really that you don't (and never will) care, and how much is trying to put a good face on reality when you would otherwise feel trapped?
Lack of communication skills will definitely put a glass ceiling on your career, and you may not ever realize that it's doing so. This is the case even if you don't want to do any management type stuff.
And note that by communication skills I am talking about the ability to get your point across clearly and unambiguously. This is not talking about PC and politeness (although a lack of politeness can be an issue). If you look at many of our superstar programmers in the open source world, you will find that they are all pretty good at this communication thing, even if they are using it to send flames your way.
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