> I'm continually coming to terms with the fact that I'm not nearly as smart as some of the kids I'm in classes with. Good social skills, especially being able

> I'm continually coming to terms with the fact that I'm not nearly as smart as some of the kids I'm in classes with. Good social skills, especially being able to build and maintain a healthy professional network, will advance one’s career much more than purely being smart. Ideally, a given person will have both, but the social skills seem to reap much larger dividends than pure intelligence in my experience.