Writing about technology

Communication skills are essential to a successful career in computing. You may be an excellent programmer, but if you can't explain your work to your peers then your career will quickly plateau. This means the most important language you should master during your graduate studies is not C# or Java -- it's English. Whether it's writing reports for class, writing conference or journal papers to summarize research results, or writing a long document such as a thesis or a dissertation, it's all writing. Your special challenge is explaining complex concepts to your readers in a way that they can easily understand. Fortunately, this is a skill that you can learn.