[trustfundbaby]

This is a really good post that every engineer should read, especially early on in their career. I spent a lot of mine butting my head against a wall, and getting nowhere because I thought that soft skills and understanding organizational politics (not necessarily participating in them) weren't super important as long as you were good at the primary work of building software.

This post articulates exactly why those things are important and furthermore exactly how to pursue acquiring them in the right measure to get things done in your org. Brilliant stuff.