You don't need to
write a specification.

Use
Try
Complain
Contribute

When I was 16, I wasn't trying to advance the web platform. I didn't know what a standards organization was. I didn't even know browser engines existed. I certainly wasn't filing specification issues. I just wanted to make a website that looked cool. And that's enough. Making a website good is enough to help. You don't need to become a standards expert to participate in this process. You don't need to take hours away from your work to join W3C working groups. You don't even need to spend your evenings creating ridiculous CSS demos. There are much simpler and faster ways to participate. Think of these steps: Use → Try → Complain → Contribute

You don't need towrite a specification.

You don't need to
write a specification.