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Great article. I can totally relate to your experience with the refactor :)

Your tips apply also to written communication. I have a tendency to write very long messages that nobody read, but do fully explain everything! :)

The pyramid approach works much better, or BLUF - bottom line up front. Then I share links to deep dive, or write more explanations in the Slack thread instead of the main message, in case someone wants to read it.

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Thanks !

Yeah it also applies to written communication, but I have more targeted tips coming in the next issues ! (btw if you have some, I'd be happy to hear about them !)

Yes, the pyramid approach is a really great way to talk about something, with the context coming in a second time (which mean people who are busy can just skim it, instead of looking for the "core" point)

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I think Wes Kao's article about it is a master piece: https://newsletter.weskao.com/p/start-right-before-you-get-eaten-by-the-bear

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Oh never read it, i'll give it a read, thanks for the recommandation !

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It's really hard to turn something you like and know instinctually will be awesome and turn that into questions & the 4th wall. And we haven't even talked about how to get our frenemies onboard.

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Becoming a better storyteller was my 2023 yearly resolution (no joke). So I've read lots of content and it turns out that the best things I've read for practical advice were:

- Do You Talk Funny, a book

- https://www.julian.com/blog/storytelling

And the best inspiration I got, was from Shaan Puri, host to the pod My First Million. He's a natural.

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Didn't know about "Do you Talk Funny"

And you talk so much about julian that I stumbled upon the storytelling part of his website

Never heard the "My First Million" podcast, I'll give it a try

Thanks for sharing !

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Was 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 discussing all of this while prepping a talk with a younger engineer 😅 (btw the learning went both ways!)

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Hahahaha, yeah it's a recurrent topic, hope your talk went well !

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