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    1. Sam Altman‏Verified account @sama 18 Nov 2015

      If I could do my time in college over again, I would have taken more than 1 writing class. (PWR classes didn't help.)

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      Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 18 Nov 2015
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      @sama I don't think you missed much. I didn't learn to write in writing classes. I learned by reading and writing.

      5:25 PM - 18 Nov 2015
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        1. John Doherty #maskupCO‏ @dohertyjf 18 Nov 2015
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          @paulg @sama I was a technical writing major but comms classes helped me learn to communicate ideas more than anything

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        2. Tarique Sha‏ @kissingsky 18 Nov 2015
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          @paulg @sama books you would recommend on writing? (apart from reading a lot)

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        3. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 18 Nov 2015
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          @kissingsky @sama I find it more useful to read good writing than to read about it.

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        1. Priyanka Sharma‏ @pritianka 18 Nov 2015
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          @paulg @sama I agree! I did SLE (way better than IHUM/PWR, IMO :-)) but only learned to write afterwards.

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        1. Ted Han ★ 韓聖安‏ @knowtheory 18 Nov 2015
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          @paulg @sama linguistics classes were interestingly helpful regarding how structure, semantics & pragmatics are related.

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        1. Tarique Sha‏ @kissingsky 18 Nov 2015
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          @paulg @sama by the way at the moment reading 'On Writing Well' by William Zinsser and got same advice "Write Like you Talk"

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        1. Shaan Puri‏ @ShaanVP 18 Nov 2015
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          @paulg @sama I learned to write on Twitter. Thousands of practice reps of being concise

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        1. Christopher Deutsch‏ @Chris_Deutsch 18 Nov 2015
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          @paulg @sama Agreed PG...learning by doing. Chicago edtech/socent startup @HoorayLearning out of @TheImpactEngine is focused on this w/kids.

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        1. Willis F Jackson III‏ @wfjackson3 18 Nov 2015
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          @paulg @sama writing for engineers was a useful class imo. Makes communicating with tech teams from the product role much easier.

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        1. Carlos Ribeiro‏ @carribeiro 18 Nov 2015
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          @paulg @sama I was never good at Portuguese (or English) as it was taught at school. Learned reading & writing. But I do miss fundamentals.

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