Agree with you, I'd just add that I think soft skills are simultaneously underrated and overrated. The deeper the skillset, the more important soft skills are b

Agree with you, I'd just add that I think soft skills are simultaneously underrated and overrated. The deeper the skillset, the more important soft skills are because the people that can benefit from your experience are not even in a position to understand how to use you without your guidance. On the other hand, I see a lot of people with minimal tech skills, self proclaimed "business translator" types, talking about how important soft skills are. Being all talk is no good either. Personally I think hard skills come first, and then when you understand something well, talk to as many people as you can to figure out how you might be able to help them.