IFF the company consistently values those skills. IME, they’ll say upon interviewing or hiring that those aren’t necessary for their workload, until they suddenly are, where you’re lauded as a hero. Predictably, the memory of hero status fades when promo season comes around, because those “aren’t core skillsets,” or something similar.
Exactly what I'm going through right now with a potential PIP. Last year I was told there was a solid basis for me being the getting the highest rating, but only if my core work was faster. Now they want to PIP me like nothing else I contribute to matters.
“We’ve written down objective guidelines for what constitutes your relative performance.”
“Great, looks like I’m a shoe-in.”
“Well… there are intangibles.”
“Then why have the rubric?”
A person who competently knows all those topics _and_ how to write application code is worth their weight in gold