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Writing guide

We recommend engineers to follow these guidelines.

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1. Correctness

  • Avoid common English language mistakes.

    • More details:

2. Consistency, organization, and visual appearance

  • Use consistent font face, color, and size.

  • Use consistent casing.

  • Use consistent punctuation.

    • For example, have a clear logic for using dots at the end of each bullet point phrase.

  • Try use only one to three colors.

3. Minimalism

  • Keep only phrases and words that add significant meaning.

4. Positivity

  • Use positive words instead of negative where possible.

5. Clarity

  • Make sure the words you mention are known by the typical reader or make sure to explain them.

  • Consider keeping abbreviations only for very commonly used terms in your field or for (making sure your resume shows up for keyword searches). It looks like didn't like acronyms too. Here is what his email about acronyms to the team allegedly looked like: .

    • OK: SQL or CSS.

    • Not OK: BDD (Behavior-Driven Development)

6. Simplicity

Use the language and structure that is as simple as possible, .

Writing: English language
searchability
Elon Musk
SpaceX
ASS (Acronyms Seriously Suck)
but not simpler