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I assume they are suggesting what they said - don't make it the number one thing.
If it WAS a binary choice, I'd rather have a competent asshole than an incompetent nice guy.
Being nice is absolutely important, incredibly so - I think we often forget that as engineers - but you still absolutely need to be competent first.
Either skill can be learned, so if you're one and not the other, it's fixable.
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I assume they are suggesting what they said - don't make it the number one thing.
If it WAS a binary choice, I'd rather have a competent asshole than an incompetent nice guy.
Being nice is absolutely important, incredibly so - I think we often forget that as engineers - but you still absolutely need to be competent first.
Either skill can be learned, so if you're one and not the other, it's fixable.