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> Expressiveness is a really hard skill that take years to master

It is worse than that. Being good at expressive, self-documenting code correlates with strong communication skills and empathy. So programmers who get good at it tend to increase the risk of managerial borgification.

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Do you mean they’re more likely to become managers and thus no longer write great code, or something else?

In general, they tend to get snapped up by other corporate roles, either officially (which at least grants them the pay benefits associated with the role) or unofficially.

I know a lot of great coders who ended up doing anything but code because they were the technical people with communication skills.

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