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Wow, this is one of the most inaccurate things I’ve heard in a while. I’m sure it comes from someone who doesn’t have any actual engineering work experience. In my 25 years of engineering and engineering management experience, I’ve always worked on teams. </p>
<p>Hiring managers are demanding - we want both strong technical skills and strong communication skills for engineering positions (at least I do). For someone interested in engineering management, communication skills are probably more important. Technical skills still matter, but once a certain level of technical competency has been reached, the better communicator will get the management job before the better technical person.</p>