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Ask HN: Why have we normalized jobs and soft skills bullshit so much?
- al_borland 9d agoWhat do you mean by this? Soft skills have value. I saw an amazing dev let go because he lacked the soft skills to explain his project to upper management in a way they could understand and care about. A month after he left, those same managers told us to build the thing that just went in the trash when he was let go. So they did care, it was valuable, but he struggled with the communication and it cost him his job, and created a ton of work for all of us who are left.
- gemel 9d ago[flagged]
- password54321 9d ago"How to Win Friends and Influence People" is a book published in 1936 and talks about people who have better soft skills being more successful than those with better technical skills in the same field. This isn't anything new.
- rl1987 8d agoCharles Manson approves this book.
- password54321 8d agoKnowledge is neither inherently good or bad.
- pranit1 9d agoCan you elaborate what your gripe is? what soft skills do you think is bullshit?
- thomasjeff1 8d agoIt’s just another reason for companies to say they can’t find skilled labour so they can bring immigrants and underpay them.
- owebmaster 8d agoWhat soft skill are you talking about? I'd guess communication skills, by the lack of it.