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by SilasX 2848 days ago
Once a week (or even every two weeks) is still frequent enough to count as a core job responsibility. And the raw frequency understates its significance, considering that it can be a blocker for other employees' contributions.

Now, you're right, the technical distillation is not going to be on the level of "explain relational databases to a Joe off the street starting from square one", but it's effectively the same as the skill of "demystifying arbitrary misunderstandings and knowledge gaps other have", which is important.