I've been in the workforce for over a decade now, and I've seen technically brilliant colleagues get passed over for promotions while others with average skills but great people skills move up quickly. My question is: should companies evaluate soft skills like communication and teamwork as heavily as hard technical abilities during performance reviews? I know both matter, but I've also seen how hard it is to measure something like 'emotional intelligence' objectively. Some of my best managers were technically weak but knew how to motivate a team, while my worst ones were coding wizards who couldn't listen. Curious how others have handled this in their own careers—do you think the scales are tipped too far in one direction?