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I would be interested to hear how you ended up with that conclusion, especially if it has any factual foundation.
by locococo 4y ago
I would be interested to hear how you ended up with that conclusion, especially if it has any factual foundation.
- PaulHoule 4y agohttps://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/careers/article-why-the-quest-for-good-soft-skills-can-often-be-the-same-as-looking/ https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/careers/article-why... https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/businessreview/2022/02/24/neurotypical-privilege-in-the-labour-market/ https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/businessreview/2022/02/24/neurotypic... https://www.techrepublic.com/article/some-thoughts-on-passing-as-an-extrovert/ https://www.techrepublic.com/article/some-thoughts-on-passin... https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0730888496023003002 https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0730888496023003002 https://www.forbes.com/sites/the74/2019/02/15/whats-keeping-girls-from-translating-soft-skills-superiority-into-stem-field-success/?sh=259aea82d67b https://www.forbes.com/sites/the74/2019/02/15/whats-keeping-... That is, if your are different the quest for “soft skills” is a quest to lose yourself.
- schwartzworld 4y agoI have ADHD and I found the second link particularly interesting. I think the point about deemphasizing soft skills makes a lot of sense from a hiring standpoint, especially in software engineering which can be quite hospitable to neurodivergence. However, the reality is that you are going to be communicating with neurotypical people more often than not, and I don't believe that telling people not to try and improve their ability to do that is constructive. It would be great if every workplace made it easy for you, but the reality is that they all won't.