Do you think that writing about software (i.e. having a blog) and speaking on software (and concepts) make you a better programmer?
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Do you think that writing about software (i.e. having a blog) and speaking on software (and concepts) make you a better programmer?
Statistically speaking yes. You only retain about 20% of what you read and hear, but 80% of what you teach.
By writing about something or teaching about it, you force yourself to understand the concepts on a much deeper level.
UPDATE:
I wanted to update this with some links to more concrete data to support the statistics that I have been taught numerous times about learning retention rates. However, it would appear there is some controversy surrounding these numbers, even though the NTL Institute for Applied Behavioral Science maintains that research was done to back them up.