The Firestarter
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No, forget about that "emotional intelligence" shite. I am talking about skills such as critical thinking, abstract reasoning, and ability to quickly process new information. 30 years ago, there was a very high chance that if you pick somebody with that profession , he will possess all of those skills. However, today the field has so much broadened, that some jobs in it are extremely repetitive , and require basically no algorithmic thinking.The old t-shape. Just common sense.
If you consider social skills a part of intelligence, software engineers aren't up to much.