What non-technical skill boosted your engineering career the most?
For me it was learning how to communicate technical trade-offs clearly to non-technical stakeholders and writing concise documentation. What skills made a major difference for you?
Managing up. Telling my boss what they wanted to know before they had to ask me for it.
Networking, some people hate it but it makes careers so learn to do it.
I didn't see it until after the fact but preventing burn out. I was tech 100% and loved every bit. Eventually you burn out and it severely impacts your ability to stay up to date with new tech.
Improv believe it or not.
Honestly: Lazyness. Nearly all I do has being lazy as core motive. Never create myself more work.
Being able to quickly write, to the point that documenting isn't a bother, makes things much easier to keep track of and share with others.