I think that when taken in the offered context (working in IT/Dev at a large corporation) that this document could be very valuable for someone just starting out.
And yes, unfortunately when attempting to increase salary or position at a large bank or transportation company soft skills do outweigh knowledge of algorithms and the such.
To this point I just witnessed last week one of the best programmers I've ever known be walked off the premises because he was not able to get with the program so to speak.
In a large mature organization that is in the "Management" stage, software is typically built in "delivery projects" where the team is given just enough time to hack together the business requirements then the team is restructured to move on to the next set of business requirements that may be on completely different system with a new set of team mates.
This by default makes things like self-initiative, communication, leadership and organization much more valuable in managements eye than someone who can just write pretty code that is optimized to the Nth degree.
And yes, unfortunately when attempting to increase salary or position at a large bank or transportation company soft skills do outweigh knowledge of algorithms and the such.
To this point I just witnessed last week one of the best programmers I've ever known be walked off the premises because he was not able to get with the program so to speak.
In a large mature organization that is in the "Management" stage, software is typically built in "delivery projects" where the team is given just enough time to hack together the business requirements then the team is restructured to move on to the next set of business requirements that may be on completely different system with a new set of team mates.
This by default makes things like self-initiative, communication, leadership and organization much more valuable in managements eye than someone who can just write pretty code that is optimized to the Nth degree.