I did, but I think those also intersect with the most important things in everyday work -- soft skills, founded on judgement and aesthetic sensibilities, which

I did, but I think those also intersect with the most important things in everyday work -- soft skills, founded on judgement and aesthetic sensibilities, which are hard to measure, but which make the difference between an OK solution and a really great solution. It's very hard for me to perceive how large the range of ability is in those skills, or where any single person is in it. (And many of the other, more concretely specified skills still suffer from the lots-of-room-at-the-top syndrome, e.g. I don't think that "has written custom macros" makes me an Emacs wizard, but whatever.)