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Interestingly I've found this not to be the case, many very good teams of coders (in my experience) have at least one socially awkward person, and still perform
by nmcfarl 15y ago
Interestingly I've found this not to be the case, many very good teams of coders (in my experience) have at least one socially awkward person, and still perform very well. (Sometimes it feels like the manager is little more then "socialable" face of the team.)
On the other hand, I find that attitude matters a lot, and one even mildly disgruntled / unmotivated person can really sink a team.
- bhickey 15y agoOh, I agree -- I had taken social skills to mean "plays well with others." Awkward is just fine. Someone who is mean or lazy is another story.
- afterburner 15y agoThat's not social skills, that's attitude/decency and work ethic.