Why engineers should focus on writing

Writing is unavoidable. Whether you like it or not, if you want to become a 10x engineer, you will have to write. Write documentations, write design reviews, write presentations. The sooner you get better in writing, the faster you will become a better engineer.

How many times we are asked to prepare a design document, while we think to ourselves "What for? The design is so simple, I can hold it in my head easily." This is a big misconception, we all fall for. If we would actually write the design document, we would have identified so much problems with our "simple" design. Things like–inconsistencies, missing details, or simply "lazy" thinking our brain did, which in reality make to sense.