Success in software development requires deeply layered, high-value communication. If you are serious about making an impact in your coding career, you should get good at writing words as well as code. This an agreed-upon quality for developers. And it all starts with having your own digital garden.

The phrase "digital garden" is a metaphor for thinking about writing and creating that focuses less on the resulting "showpiece" and more on the process, care, and craft it takes to get there. — Joel Hooks