> utilize people/soft skills to build things I love this! It can feel frustrating to need to use these skills to exert influence: I sometimes feel disempowered

> utilize people/soft skills to build things I love this! It can feel frustrating to need to use these skills to exert influence: I sometimes feel disempowered by not having the full resources to throw around that I want. But that doesn’t really limit my ability to do the work. I’ve just had to cultivate a different skill set. Persuasion, not coercion