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Because if you won’t
talk about your work,
who will?
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“But, Bapu, why
should we let the
outside world know
about our work?”
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Your online presence
improves.
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Your reputation improves in
your domain’s community.
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You learn & retain better by
writing about something.
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You get to educate & also
get educated.
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You improve your
communication skills.
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You could potentially get
paid. (can’t stress on “potentially” enough)
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“Dude, it looks tough, (or)
time-consuming, (or)
.”
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Tough?
No*.
*If you find it tough to put things on paper but have a solid article idea, we
can help you with that.
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Time-consuming?
No*.
*You don’t have to give us a fully-polished, refined article, just a rough draft
will do.
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“My article isn’t worth reading.”
No*.
*Even if you just share your views or experience about a library or anything
that you’ve learnt, that still helps a ton.
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“Will I run out of article ideas?”
No*.
*Even if you do, just get back to your primary job. Good article ideas strike
when you solve a problem there. Or sometimes in the shower.
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“But I don’t want to share
what I know.”
NOOOO*!
*Sharing knowledge doesn’t take anything away from you. When someone
else wins, that doesn’t always equal your loss.