[PurpleRamen]

Communication and marketing. Nobody really knows what will be important on the technical side, especially as 10 years is a good timeframe for disruptive changes from AI. But being able to communicate well, with other humans, with yourself, and maybe even AIs, and marketing yourself on at least the basic level, are skills, which are very important in any business.

[bequanna]

Sure, I follow you. But you need to actually have some hard skills in order for those to have any value, right?

[PurpleRamen]

Yes, but hard skills are not fixed. They change with company, project, country, industry sector, time and opportunity, and constantly evolve and swing around. And that's even ignoring your personal ability to be good in a specific topic. That is why nobody can tell you what will be popular in 10 years or what will work out for you.

That is why you should have a solid foundation on general skills, and be able to move fast in whatever direction opportunity arise. And this is also where communication will help you, because it will teach you to listen, to understand people and their problems, to find opportunity and maybe also how to take them for you.