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Ask HN: What non-technical skill boosted your engineering career the most?

1 points by pranav_tech26 ↗ HN
For me it was learning how to communicate technical trade-offs clearly to non-technical stakeholders and writing concise documentation. What skills made a major difference for you?

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herbst
Honestly: Lazyness. Nearly all I do has being lazy as core motive. Never create myself more work.
WheelsAtLarge
Networking, some people hate it but it makes careers so learn to do it.

I didn't see it until after the fact but preventing burn out. I was tech 100% and loved every bit. Eventually I burned out and it severely impacted my ability to stay up to date with new tech.

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pelagic_sky
Managing up. Telling my boss what they wanted to know before they had to ask me for it.
dlcarrier
Being able to quickly write, to the point that documenting isn't a bother, makes things much easier to keep track of and share with others.