Writing your own blog
Maintaining your own blog is another activity that can make you a better software architect. Writing about technical topics can make you more familiar with them. Taking the opportunity to learn about something that you have been wanting to know more about and then writing about it can help to reinforce what you have learned. It provides a forum to demonstrate what you know.
It is beneficial to share your knowledge with other software development professionals. Informing others about a subject and knowing that it can potentially help them is a rewarding endeavor. Unlike a tweet or other type of social media post, a well-written article can remain visible and useful for a long time.
Increasing your visibility
A site that has well-written blog posts will increase your overall visibility and can earn you a positive reputation with others in the industry. A personal site with just your professional credentials and no blog may come across as stale and will not generate as much...