I grew up in the 80s too, and I hope by this age one would not be tethered to naive interpretations of whatever values were pitched to them as a child. I’m not

I grew up in the 80s too, and I hope by this age one would not be tethered to naive interpretations of whatever values were pitched to them as a child. I’m not the greatest natural communicator, and I didn’t get into software to work with people, but I have come to the conclusion that there just aren’t very many roles for senior software engineers that don’t require solid communication efforts to be successful. It’s not about subjective vs objective, it’s just that most paid software positions are about solving a problem for other humans, and it’s hard to get it right if you aren’t well practiced in both listening and discussing their needs interactively. The user will never understand the reasoning for the technical choices, so the empathy must flow the other way.