Writing
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1 week agoThings that don't matter when you write
Write in plain English only when you have something meaningful to say, avoiding unnecessary complexity and focusing on authentic expression rather than technical perfection.
When I first heard Tyler Quillin, principal corporate counsel at Microsoft, say that he asks engineers to "explain it to me like I'm an eighth grader," I had to laugh. Not because it was funny, although the image of an Xbox hardware engineer breaking down technical specs like a middle school science project is objectively charming, but because I've been there.