Ask HN: One and one only hot skill for 2017?

13 points by DrNuke ↗ HN
Where in your opinion the most interest will be from a technical point of view in 2017? One and one only hot skill to master for gigs and work in a pioneer market. Many thanks and happy holidays.

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In principle, it should be easier to build an AI that writes mobile or web apps than it is to build an AI that can reliably and safely drive a car on open roads with human drivers. Think about it. Why don't we have one of these? It would put millions of barely capable web programmers out of business. Not that there's anything wrong with that... ;-)
same reason a robot can't make 'art'
We have WiX, does that count?
Plenty of website builders out there (someone mentioned Wix). Not to mention Facebook is the de facto website builder for a LOT of small businesses.

People will still pay money out of convenience :) (fortunately for a lot of guys).

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.

People skills is a general expression. Where there are people there is politics. Political science.