> The best engineers disappear for 1-2 days in quiet and then deliver exactly what you needed Communication is hard, and what someone communicates what they wa

> The best engineers disappear for 1-2 days in quiet and then deliver exactly what you needed Communication is hard, and what someone communicates what they want is very rarely exactly what they actually want (or need). Sure, sometimes the stars align and you have perfect communication of exactly the needed specification and a dev who can perfectly translate that to code. But in most real world conditions you need good communication skills at both ends. Language is full of ambiguities, and it's possible to have a perfectly reasonable interpretation of something that is totally wrong. I've worked with plenty of competent people who have had plenty of bad ideas. If I wasn't competent at communicating my issues with these ideas I would have spent many more weeks of my life on unnecessary or poorly thought out features.