Everyone can write a novel. A lot of HNers have a word count in the (short) novel length without worrying.
I think the issue is most software developers are paid full time to write. Pay me full time to write novels and you can have an endless supply of low quality Dan Brown.
I think the novel analogy is useful - there are an awful lot of novels being published (even more self published). Most are drivel ... unfortunately similar to the quality distribution of software.
Very few people and less organisations are capable of consistently great writing.
In my view we should be aiming for seeing what makes something like the Washington Post work. This is a agglomeration of skilled people who manage to write a coherent trilogy of novels every day.
Being literate is only the first challenge - building literate organisations is a much harder one.
I think the issue is most software developers are paid full time to write. Pay me full time to write novels and you can have an endless supply of low quality Dan Brown.
I think the novel analogy is useful - there are an awful lot of novels being published (even more self published). Most are drivel ... unfortunately similar to the quality distribution of software.
Very few people and less organisations are capable of consistently great writing.
In my view we should be aiming for seeing what makes something like the Washington Post work. This is a agglomeration of skilled people who manage to write a coherent trilogy of novels every day.
Being literate is only the first challenge - building literate organisations is a much harder one.