The role of English as a professional programmer
If I can have 1-3 people answer these questions it would be great! Thank you!
The following questions are for programmers who have ever interned or had a job as a professional programmer:
1) How long have you been practicing computer science?
2) Have your English classes in college impacted how you perform your job?
3) How do you use writing as a professional programmer?
4) Is there any part of English you don’t know that you wish you did to help better your job performance? If so, what skill?
5) What writing skill(s) do you use the most in your profession?
6) What writing skill(s) do you use the least in your profession?
The following questions are for programmers who have ever interned or had a job as a professional programmer:
1) How long have you been practicing computer science?
2) Have your English classes in college impacted how you perform your job?
3) How do you use writing as a professional programmer?
4) Is there any part of English you don’t know that you wish you did to help better your job performance? If so, what skill?
5) What writing skill(s) do you use the most in your profession?
6) What writing skill(s) do you use the least in your profession?
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This can be either native speaker or non-native speaker. Basically what I am looking for is how the English language is used day to day to write in a professional setting. Email communication among groups working on a project, comments within code, communicating to a boss, etc.
EDIT: I was a bit vague when referring to English; I have changed the questions to relate more toward writing, as it was intended, instead.
EDIT: I was a bit vague when referring to English; I have changed the questions to relate more toward writing, as it was intended, instead.
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1) How long have you been practicing computer science?
about 25 years (I try not to keep count)
2) Have your English classes in college impacted how you perform your job? No
3) How do you use English as a professional programmer? for anything that requires 'natural' language. Reading/writing specs, documentation, UI prompts etc.
4) Is there any part of English you don’t know that you wish you did to help better your job performance? If so, what skill? No
5) What English skill do you use the most in your profession? reading
6) What English skill do you use the least in your profession? poetry
2) Have your English classes in college impacted how you perform your job? No
3) How do you use English as a professional programmer? for anything that requires 'natural' language. Reading/writing specs, documentation, UI prompts etc.
4) Is there any part of English you don’t know that you wish you did to help better your job performance? If so, what skill? No
5) What English skill do you use the most in your profession? reading
6) What English skill do you use the least in your profession? poetry
Thank you for your response! I found some very useful information.
In case anyone is wondering, this is for an English assignment of mine where I need to explain how English and writing impacts my field of study (Computer Science).
In case anyone is wondering, this is for an English assignment of mine where I need to explain how English and writing impacts my field of study (Computer Science).
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1) How long have you been practicing computer science?
About 24 years.
2) Have your English classes in college impacted how you perform your job?
Yes.
3) How do you use writing as a professional programmer?
Clearly writing is the same as clearly communicating. Computer programming requires the additional virtue of being precise when writing. Requirements and design specifications and final documentation must all be correct and understandable by all target audiences. When they are not, I must often ask for clarification -- often from those who think that they were sufficiently clear to begin with -- so I must be able to get them to provide the missing information through my own writing skills.
4) Is there any part of English you don’t know that you wish you did to help better your job performance? If so, what skill?
Usually it is just that I am unaware of some sub-culture idioms that specific clients feel are obvious.
5) What writing skill(s) do you use the most in your profession?
Persuasive writing and technical expository.
6) What writing skill(s) do you use the least in your profession?
Fiction.
Seriously? You're telling me you've never used poetry when coding?
...so sad...
About 24 years.
2) Have your English classes in college impacted how you perform your job?
Yes.
3) How do you use writing as a professional programmer?
Clearly writing is the same as clearly communicating. Computer programming requires the additional virtue of being precise when writing. Requirements and design specifications and final documentation must all be correct and understandable by all target audiences. When they are not, I must often ask for clarification -- often from those who think that they were sufficiently clear to begin with -- so I must be able to get them to provide the missing information through my own writing skills.
4) Is there any part of English you don’t know that you wish you did to help better your job performance? If so, what skill?
Usually it is just that I am unaware of some sub-culture idioms that specific clients feel are obvious.
5) What writing skill(s) do you use the most in your profession?
Persuasive writing and technical expository.
6) What writing skill(s) do you use the least in your profession?
Fiction.
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...so sad...
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