Communication skills, writing skills, and reading comprehension are far more likely to result in greater income and independence. These skills are rare and take

Communication skills, writing skills, and reading comprehension are far more likely to result in greater income and independence. These skills are rare and take a long time to acquire while many stem skills can be crammed in short periods of time due to the organized structure that many sciences are based upon. Think about how long it takes to become a decent writer or communicator versus how much time it takes to become a web developer? A six week cram course and bam you have a CRUD-app-creating clone that corporations love to hire as a replaceable cog for their applications development team. A good communicator with excellent reading comprehension can work in many fields including creating their own companies, generating new revenue for companies via sales skills, and/or learning new trades more effectively than someone who lacks those skills. Focusing strictly on STEM skills is a quick way to a dead end career for some people who become overly specialized in a technological space that changes constantly. Hence, the trend in tech to undervalue experienced workers, because their experience is not appreciated or valued by STEM managers and executives.