Public speaking and the ability to pitch ideas is perceived as very valuable to client-facing businesses. In terms of career progression, a lot of companies ar

Public speaking and the ability to pitch ideas is perceived as very valuable to client-facing businesses. In terms of career progression, a lot of companies are more willing to hand control to a developer that can articulate their ideas to a non-technical person, or display confidence in their skills to a room of external stakeholders. Additionally, the ability to sell yourself or an idea to others is a great one if you're in the startup space, or working with startups.