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The comment comes from self analysis and observation of my colleagues. So I suppose it depends on what is meant by people skills. Career advisors thisk this is something to do with the introvert-extrovert scale, on which basis I was advised to seek a career that invovled no human contact.

In reality a genuine lack of compassion or disinterest in the wellbeing of others is remarkably rare, however, learning to show empathy is a skill that is fairly easily aquired in the right setting.