>but don't go out of your way to improve your social skills, because they are not your most valuable asset.
There's a higher volume of people in the world who have succeeded through excellent social networking than there are who have through pure technical merit. (In terms of pure monetary success. Even though the people in the latter category have way more geek cred, and arguably contribute more to humanity.)
Like many pursuits, the benefit gained from social skills isn't a linear function. It's more of a diminishing returns sort of deal. Even a marginal improvement on terrible social skills will pay for itself at least a dozen times over.
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>but don't go out of your way to improve your social skills, because they are not your most valuable asset.
There's a higher volume of people in the world who have succeeded through excellent social networking than there are who have through pure technical merit. (In terms of pure monetary success. Even though the people in the latter category have way more geek cred, and arguably contribute more to humanity.)
Like many pursuits, the benefit gained from social skills isn't a linear function. It's more of a diminishing returns sort of deal. Even a marginal improvement on terrible social skills will pay for itself at least a dozen times over.