Does it mean loud voice in a room? Does it mean political aptitude to peruse the resource? Does it mean social skills to kiss the ass of your manager? Or does it actually mean industrious and honest and helpful and only approached when needed because I am not a very exciting person to make a fake company which is the normality in America? I think corporate environment always gives way to BS artists. Maybe it is the time to move to different area with more class.
soft skills can be code for corporate bs but they can also be totally real. the ability to listen is an extremely useful soft skill. knowing how to build relationships outside your team is a soft skill that can smooth collaboration. there are many soft skills that absolutely impact hard deliverables and the bottom line.
I've only seen it thought of as BS by people without the skills. Many of them carry over outside of work. How to communicate, convince, manipulate, and network. How to maintain a relationship with professional boundaries How to write a blog post, know your audience How to approach a manager or person in authority How to deliver a presentation that is engaging and entertaining, again know your audience
Being articulate about your work is a critical eng soft skill imo. Being detailed oriented can also make you a better engineer in some ways and is a "soft skill." Those are just two examples off the top of my head, but I'm sure there are more.
I am just frustrated by a team outing joined by anther group of people and only the Jock types are having fun wheras we nerd are sitting quietly :( no fun or attention
It basically means being able to get what you need from other people via a socially acceptable method. And it's a critical skill in any team job, and life in general. Software engineering is no exception.
Short term bs can help you thrive, but no one except bs people will work with\for you in the long run. And the long run is what matters.
Means whether you will be treated as a human being or as a software engineer.
EQ
pleasant to communicate with
also, soft skills can also be tone and voice in emails, CRs, tickets, pings, etc amazon tends to have a lot of brevity and to-the-point communication, so adjust for your audience
People complain about horrible managers, ineffective teams, or deceitful coworkers, yet discredit soft skills. Smh.
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