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Yep. Good and clear communication is also a neat trick to not being hated by technical managers, stakeholders and other teammates.

The older I get, I find this more important than technical skills. Technical skills are fixable by training, mentoring, or simply asking me.

I've seen bad communication causing delays, misunderstandings of business needs, developers who can't level up, and, in the extreme, fights between team members.