Ask HN: What's the last non-obvious skill that made you better at your job? We all know the usual suspects, communication, time management, technical chops. But sometimes, it’s the left-field skills that give you the biggest boost. Maybe you picked up storytelling and suddenly your presentations hit harder. Maybe you got better at writing bug reports and your team started fixing things faster. Or maybe you learned how to explain complex tech to non-tech folks, and now you’re everyone’s favorite translator. What’s the last skill you didn’t expect to matter, but once you had it, everything got easier? |