Comment by stale2002

It is undervalued in that a lot of engineers, especially early in their career/before they've worked at a real job, do not take it seriously enough.

Time and time again, I have heard jokes in college about the social ineptitude of engineers, and I have seen people not value basic social skills.

As people get older, these problems go away, but I really feel that we let new engineers down by letting them underappreciate social/writing skills.