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    engineers haveing low charisma is the reason why the technical writer job exists(a realistic way to use a language/writing degree, but requires some basic technical knowledge), and part of the the reason why engineering textbooks not directly written by the engineer at times have errors (as the technical writer may have grasped some statement wrong, and would usually not be aware if some information was a mistake or not)

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    And engineers specifically cultivate that. If you ever recommend they try to develop their “soft skills,” watch out

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      As an engineer, I’m an extrovert around other nerds (of various stripes) and an introvert around others. I mean what are we going to talk about? How you took 8 hours to make a PowerPoint for your new ad slogan? Politics? Gross. Better to stay in my own head at that point.