[yapyap]

You never really could. If you hear of a (very) succesful software engineer with horrid soft skills they’re a 1%er chance wise

[commandlinefan]

I’ve been hearing this since the 90’s.

[ambicapter]

I feel like it's a myth promoted by engineers with poor soft skills to justify themselves never learning said skills.

[mawadev]

How do you learn soft skills? Maybe you have a point there

[ambicapter]

Watching other people do it better than you, or reading about it and trying things yourself would be two ways I can think of.