I’d be wary of applying causation based on that correlation. When you are the expert, people come to you for things. You communicate more, but that’s not what m

I’d be wary of applying causation based on that correlation. When you are the expert, people come to you for things. You communicate more, but that’s not what made you the expert. I’d posit that attention and communication are both secondary to core competency in software development. My guess is that information synthesis and lateral thinking are the core competencies of great engineers. I don’t think you can get the information you need or as much lateral thinking without attention and communication, but that doesn’t mean they are the core competency.