> At least where I come from, the term has often been used to (successfully) diminish skills that I'd consider essential. I have never, ever, seen this happen.

> At least where I come from, the term has often been used to (successfully) diminish skills that I'd consider essential. I have never, ever, seen this happen. I have seen lots of people complaining about it on twitter, though. Can you give us three concrete examples of times people have used the term to discount soft skills?