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javinpaul

100% agree but do you think you can learn this? I found it's more natural and some people have and other are not so great. Though, I did benefitted a lot from John's Soft Skill book, I still thing it is one the hardest thing to learn or improve.

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Periklis Gkolias

How to win friends and influence people is very good too

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javinpaul

yup, that's another nice books. thanks for suggestion.

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Hannes de Beer 💥

I think it is something that you can work on and learn. Development draws a lot of introverted people, lots of techy, geeky people. Sometimes it's hard for us to spend energy on others but we need to work on those skills. One thing hiring managers may tell you, is that all those technical skills can be learnt but someone who doesn't work well with others... that's not so easy to remedy. So don't stop working on those soft skills.

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javinpaul

Thanks @jadebeer , agree, persistence is key here. Thanks

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Rachel Soderberg

Absolutely you can learn soft skills and communication. I would agree that it's one of the most difficult things to learn and improve on, but it's also one of the most rewarding.