I agree with the article's arguments. I've been programming since age 10. Doing creative writing almost as long. As an adult ended up doing software engineering as my career. But wrote and published a fiction book two years ago (The Dread Space Pirate Richard, an adventure comedy), close to finishing its sequel (The Man in Black) and also have my first technical book (Software Performance & Scalability) under development. Also written a screenplay and many short stories.
I've found a lot of overlap, in thought process, between programming and writing. Also with music and math. Leverage everything that helps, I think.
I've found a lot of overlap, in thought process, between programming and writing. Also with music and math. Leverage everything that helps, I think.