The article is a rant about bad code, not about bad teammates. Maybe they were hired because the manager liked them for having people skills instead of actually

The article is a rant about bad code, not about bad teammates. Maybe they were hired because the manager liked them for having people skills instead of actually being good at their jobs. I agree communication is an important part as well, that does not has much to do with people skills, though. Being a good programmer should be more like 75% of a programmer's job to actually make their temmates life easier.