Thanks for the advice. I will add that being good at writing stuff in this times will boost your career: not only when writing about something you learn but also when communicating with your team.
On a side note: how do you track the numbers of articles you have read? I will like to start applying a 20/1 but will like to have an automatic way of knowing when I reach 20 articles read
Completely agree that writing will boost ones career. I've experienced this first hand with my current job. I was contacted on LinkedIn by a recruiter because I had been recommended by a friend. I replied and went to an interview. During the interview I was told that they had seen my blog and had thought that someone who cares to publish stuff with the world is worth having on the team.
I've also been contacted by other people offering me to write for their publications. So I totally recommend writing. One never knows how many doors a simple blog post might open. Every written word is worth it.
As for tracking a number of read articles, I don't usually do it. I've been feeling bad about myself lately because I've been reading a lot but not writing as much. This also made me feel being "behind" in some way. That's why I wrote this post. To say that it's okay if the ratio between reading and writing is 10:1 or 20:1, or more. That actually feels more balanced than always trying to play some catch up game. Hope it makes sense. :)
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Thanks for the advice. I will add that being good at writing stuff in this times will boost your career: not only when writing about something you learn but also when communicating with your team.
On a side note: how do you track the numbers of articles you have read? I will like to start applying a 20/1 but will like to have an automatic way of knowing when I reach 20 articles read
Completely agree that writing will boost ones career. I've experienced this first hand with my current job. I was contacted on LinkedIn by a recruiter because I had been recommended by a friend. I replied and went to an interview. During the interview I was told that they had seen my blog and had thought that someone who cares to publish stuff with the world is worth having on the team.
I've also been contacted by other people offering me to write for their publications. So I totally recommend writing. One never knows how many doors a simple blog post might open. Every written word is worth it.
As for tracking a number of read articles, I don't usually do it. I've been feeling bad about myself lately because I've been reading a lot but not writing as much. This also made me feel being "behind" in some way. That's why I wrote this post. To say that it's okay if the ratio between reading and writing is 10:1 or 20:1, or more. That actually feels more balanced than always trying to play some catch up game. Hope it makes sense. :)