Knowledge Sharing through Writing with Luca Rossi

I know many developers that blog, or have ever thought of blogging. I’m in that group as well. But the people I know that have turned writing into their full-time gig is a lot smaller. Luca Rossi belongs to that group and he comes on to share how he started refactoring.club, how he optimised his process and also what challenges he faces: ivory tower writing, solo perspective and being a liability to name a few. I’m happy to have had such an open and honest conversation with him about his process, learnings and these challenges. I’m sure you’ll love it! Enjoy! 🎙 Connect with Luca Rossi: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucaronin https://twitter.com/lucaronin https://refactoring.club Full episode on YouTube ▶️ https://youtu.be/ZkU1TZU0d8s New episodes every Wednesday with our host 🎙Patrick Akil!   Big shoutout to Xebia for making this episode possible! OUTLINE: 00:00:00 - Intro 00:00:30 - Flexible schedules 00:02:15 - Accountable to deliver 00:03:34 - How Luca started his newsletter 00:05:54 - Newsletters that inspired Luca 00:07:30 - Deciding to write full-time 00:09:20 - How people find Luca's newsletter 00:11:19 - Getting feedback 00:12:42 - Finding your niche 00:16:16 - Connecting with the person 00:17:46 - Editing the  podcast episodes 00:18:57 - Tying feedback to your vision 00:20:18 - Advice & feedback that stuck with Luca 00:22:07 - Skills you develop while writing full-time 00:24:36 - Should engineers write? 00:26:39 - Writing to stand the test of time 00:30:03 - Staying away from ivory tower writing 00:32:36 - The challenges of a single perspective 00:35:04 - Luca's optimized writing process 00:38:54 - Increasing quality incrementally 00:40:30 - quality AND consistency 00:42:19 - to push or go easy on yourself 00:43:21 - Conversations can energize you 00:44:49 - long-term planning vs. enjoying the ride 00:46:13 - Treating the newsletter like a product