> brilliant in their field not necessarily are brilliant in "soft skills" You ar... | Hacker News

Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submit

		eeZah7Ux on Nov 27, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Leaderless Organization (2012) > brilliant in their field not necessarily are brilliant in "soft skills" You are confusing skill with power. Hierarchies exist to wield power and exert control over employees in order to extract financial value from them. There's plenty of people who own businesses, buildings or land and have terrible "soft skills".

eeZah7Ux on Nov 27, 2020 [2 more]

[flagged]

ClumsyPilot on Nov 27, 2020 | [–]

I am not downvoting, but i feel it misses the point - if you are managing, your enture career is built on soft skills, they are usually in better shape than some random developer eho 'doesnt like social gatherings' or whatever.

Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact