Talk about why I started technical writing

hello, Hello everyone , I'm Zhang Zhang ,「 The road to the advanced architecture 」 The public name author .

Today, , Busy and endless demands at work , Rapidly evolving technical architecture and programming languages , Let more and more software development technicians lose themselves in such a fast pace ,“ confused ”、“ anxious ” More and more frequently appear in various communication posts , It has even become the main topic of everyone's party and chat .

Then what can we take the initiative to do , What we usually call learning reflection 、 Harvest and cognition , What can it bring us ？

Why should I start writing technical writing ？

I hope I stepped on some at work today “ pit ” Summary of , Summary of gnawed technical documents , Some technical application experience sorted out after the project , And some experience in team personnel management, etc , Even a little help to your work as a technical colleague , I think it makes sense .

Summed up a few thoughts , Let's have a chat ~

 

1、 To know Know how to organize 、 refine , Promote the systematization of knowledge

About learning , Remember at school , Teachers often say ：“ Put knowledge in your head ”.

But then we found out , When you read an article , Read an interesting book , Or I attended a study lecture and so on , These should be regarded as learning .

And when we know more , You will find that the more interlinked or related knowledge is .

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Heb theory （Hebbian theory） The basic principle of synaptic plasticity is described , That is, the continuous and repeated stimulation from presynaptic neurons to postsynaptic neurons can lead to the increase of synaptic transmission efficiency .

In a nutshell ： If two nerve cells in the brain are always activated at the same time , Then the connection between them will become stronger .

These are in some big V We often see similar concepts or descriptions in our works , The short description is ： Knowledge is structured , Easier to understand applications .

The essence of learning , It's the process of connecting unrelated things .

In our daily work , Often encounter different needs or problems , If we were ： Reception problem — Think about the problem -- Solve problems , Then we can solve the problem , But the knowledge system behind the solution to this problem is missing , Except for most of the same answers in our online search , In addition, the problem is to solve this point only , And lack of principle explanation and overall thinking .

Everyone is like this , From ignorance to experience , Improve their ability to systematically sort out learning and refine and summarize knowledge points , It can also be understood as learning to learn .

The process of sorting out a series of articles is the process of thinking about the overall situation . Strengthen the collation of knowledge 、 refine , Promote the systematization of knowledge .

Imagine a picture

If one day I wake up , I suddenly found that I didn't know anything , I want to talk , I don't know what to say .

After a long silence , I will start a new day's work and study .

 

2、 The improvement of your ability to express

Our expression here refers to not saying , I can't tell this .

I believe most people have such confusion , Said a lot , Finally, the other party still didn't understand or didn't catch our fundamental point ,

There are many articles on the Internet about the solution to this problem ： Structured thinking .

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Structured thinking （Structured Thinking） It refers to thinking from the whole to the part , It's a hierarchical way of thinking . In short, it is to borrow some thinking frameworks to assist thinking , Systematic thinking and processing of fragmented information , So as to expand the level of thinking , Think more about . Unstructured thinking is a collection of scattered, chaotic and disorganized ideas , Structured thinking is an organized and hierarchical process , A clear thinking path .

About how to exercise your ability to have structured thinking , There are already many thinking models to refer to ： for example SCQA Thinking model 、5W2H Thinking model and so on , Interested partners can go to have an in-depth understanding of , Don't go over it here .

Today we mainly talk about expression , Everyone is born with the ability to express , It's just that it's implemented in different ways .

for example ： A writer's novel 、 The painter's paintings 、 The dancer's dance 、 The architect's tall building 、 Composer's music and so on , Is so .

We write technical articles, not papers , It is not necessary to list a bunch of complex derivation formulas and calculation processes according to academic requirements , But we need to use some cases in our actual work case, Even an analogy , Express it skillfully , So that others can understand , These are the   how promote The art of expression .

Summarize, improve and express , It mainly includes ：

• Language skills ： Logic 、 rhetoric 、 practice
• Express logic tools ：5W1H,PEEP,ORID
• Express the exercise content ： Tell a story 、 Say the details 、 Say feeling 、 Say think

  
  

 

3、 Output forced input sorting

Usually we always focus on input , Learning is like learning , For example, learn and summarize the solutions to a class of problems , Read a good book , I listened to a series of training courses online , Actually , These are not complete .

that Closed loop learning What is it? ？

The best learning effect is to teach others what you have learned , To promote learning by teaching , Put this to use , Use to learn . Output is important .

Output backward force input There are many examples of , For example, our team is currently implementing technology sharing , Will designate a small partner in advance to learn for one to two weeks in advance , Then share within the team .

I write technical articles , It's also the first time to set the theme and completion time , Then collect and learn all kinds of cognitive materials , Finally, sort out the article .

In addition, in the process of technical creation , Made some good friends with similar interests , With the guidance and help of these good friends , It also gave me great encouragement, but also gave me a lot of influence , That is, we must force ourselves to produce more high-quality products , This is another kind of output forcing input .

 

4、 Think clearly about the value , What can you bring to others

Now that I'm trying to write this way of value output , You need to think clearly , What you can give to others ？ What do you use to attract others to pay attention to you ？

All communities , In essence, it is the purpose of providing services , Whether it's free or paid . What services can you provide ？ What's the direction ？ What it can bring to them ？ These are things you need to think about in advance .

Personally, I think official account is a slowly accumulating thing , Just stick to it , The final result will not be too bad .

A difficult road , Now that you've chosen it , Then stick to it as much as you can . Come on! ！

 

The final summary

Goethe said “ It's better not to fantasize about something at sunset , It's about taking action when the rising sun is born ”.

Let reason become a habit , Growing up is one's own business , In life , Just pay attention to , Knowledge is everywhere .

Today, I mainly focus on my thinking about official account , Let's talk about why I started to write a technical official account , Share your knowledge and experience , I also hope to get your feedback and communication .

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