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That's maybe because some believe that technical skills is the premiere quality of a technical worker.

Empathy is maybe one of the most important skill for therapist.

Maybe some developers believe that this Empathy guy is another one of these HR/Agil/Scrum Consultant making big money telling others how they should feel better and be happier in an one hour session in a big hall to tick of a check box in the employee education program when their main concern might be parking space in the morning, some hard task at work or forced attrition etc.