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Re:Ask HN: One and one only hot skill for 2017? by akulbe on Monday December 19, 2016 @08:26PM (#13216567)
People skills. You can have all the technical chops in the world... but if you're unable to communicate, or a jerk, it doesn't amount to much.

How would you apply something like that?

Being able to understand difficult problems, and articulate them to anyone else in a way that they can understand.

Being able to diffuse a difficult situation, and help reduce stress, because you have a big picture view of the situation, and can bring calmness and reason to the table.

Re:Ask HN: One and one only hot skill for 2017? by id122015 on Tuesday December 20, 2016 @07:51AM (#13219352)
People skills is a general expression. Where there are people there is politics. Political science.