Absolutely. Also, to your 2nd point: in most business projects, soft skills are what you use to figure out what to build. If you're weak on that side, then bein

Absolutely. Also, to your 2nd point: in most business projects, soft skills are what you use to figure out what to build. If you're weak on that side, then being a blazingly efficient programmer means you're likely to just be really good at moving very quickly in the wrong direction. I've found that the rockstar coders I work with often produce a very high volume of output that is technically excellent but doesn't actually contribute much to the company's profits. I suspect that that kind of work output is currently overvalued by the prevailing business climate. FAANG companies can afford a "throw a bunch of stuff at the wall and see what sticks" approach, and venture capitalism pulls that up to a meta level. My own bias is that I've never worked under either regime, so I'm used to seeing a different mix of strengths be more valuable.