[eanzenberg]

IMO essentially ML experts don't work in a bubble and may interface with potentially anyone at a company; C-level, engineering, product, marketing, ops, etc etc. What other tech-employee needs that flexibility? So, I grouped communication / life skills into being able to understand, read, interpret and ultimately provide value to potentially any team. Just having the technical skills will only get you so far.

[stevbov]

Isn't this part of what most software engineering degrees teach though? Particularly surrounding project planning and requirements gathering?

[kevincennis]

I might be an outlier, but I interface with all of those on a daily basis in my role as a software engineer

[ariwilson]

IMO software engineering experts (leaders) need to do the same thing.