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Re:Absolute truths I unlearned as junior developer by SkyMarshal on Friday June 07, 2019 @02:26PM (#20127328)
>Learned as junior: Technical skills matter most.

>Understood as senior: Communication skills matter most.

I see this often, but it needs to be said with a caveat - the second line presupposes the first. Without the first, the second doesn't really matter (or it does but you're in the wrong career).

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Re:Absolute truths I unlearned as junior developer by retiredcoder on Friday June 07, 2019 @03:12PM (#20127708)
Actually it is very disfuncional for me to be in a company that communication skills are ahead of technical.
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