&gt; But in a lot of cases, it is. I prefer a high-functioning communicator with decent programming skills over a top-notch programmer who can&#x27;t communicate.<p>I would suspect that the specific subset of communication skills tested implicitly in a system biased toward people&#x27;s drive and ability to successfully cold-email potential employers is generally neither the same subset of communication skills that are important in actual work of technical staff in most development teams nor a subset which serves as a good proxy for those.<p>But I could be wrong.