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“What’s with these dev comedians?” and “Giving a talk doesn’t make you a good developer” are mealy-mouthed ways of saying “I feel threatened by people who can code *and* communicate, so I will devalue the communication part as much as possible.”

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One day I want to be able to say “if you can’t communicate effectively, you can’t participate in tech” because clearly we aren’t there yet. Keep up the great work 👍✊👏 (wish I could have attended your talk, sounds spectacular)

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What if you are not neurotypical?

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Seems a bit dickish to say you can't write software unless you're good at public speaking

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Not all communication is public speaking. You can find your niche as a neurodivergent person.

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Exactly my point

6:15 PM · Aug 8, 2019Twitter for Android

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I thought the point was that being a great/entertaining speaker didn’t take away from your coding skills. Not that you had to be a great speaker to code. There are so many way to keep up. Speaking, writing, commenting, all good. But mostly actually writing code is what matters!

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Code does not exist in a vacuum.

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