Your most challenging problems aren't technical; they're ...

Your most challenging problems aren’t technical; they’re social. Stop calling them soft skills.

Coding, modeling, cloud - we call these the “hard skills.” But they’re straightforward. You can learn them in months.

The real hard part is social: • Aligning two CxOs with opposite goals • Saying no without breaking trust • Balancing compliance pressure against delivery deadlines

These are the skills that decide whether a team succeeds or a project fails. They take years to master. No tutorial will teach them.

As a manager, your impact isn’t measured in code. It’s measured in trust, alignment, and the tradeoffs you hold the line on.

Train the real hard skills, not just tools.