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How to avoid documentation and hoard what you know

Writing something down is an act of surrender and a sign of weakness

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David Tate
Oct 16, 2023
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If you work in software, you are a knowledge worker. Information and experience are your currency; the more important and rare your expertise gets, the more money you make. You live in a bizarro acad…

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