Yeah, but I mean if you are fully qualified for the job and the company is being run efficiently, and there are no projects that have nasty extra demands/complaints that deviate from the norm and the skillset of the company. Why need tertiary skills aside from your boss having a sense of humor “yOU sHoUlD leARN thIS, i pAy yoU tO lEaRN”?

Unless you caught me learning something so remote from my core work, so much work for little improvement margin, then you’ve got every right to question me.

Besides, what I have been mentioning are NOT tertiary skills; they are becoming primary skills, but no one actually wants to admit that. It is a constant reminder to your superior that they can’t elevate you even if they want to.

It sounds to me you are talking about a cultural problem called conformity and KPI tunnel vision. Sometimes it becomes so stiff that even working efficiently requires permission because someone is adverse to change.

I am not sure about your projects. Other than InDesign, all I mentioned are essentially project /client requirements; daily operation in the site office is going to be crippled in one way or another if you don’t know how to use those software. Sure, you don’t have to know two drawing software programs; they are being framed as “extra” on job ads, but it is really handy when there is an opportunity to make an impression on the client with 3D.

As an Engineer, I need to know:

-At least two professional-grade drawing softwares

-Word processing skills

-Presentation skills in documentation, such as InDesign

-Excel

-Quick comprehension in a mountain of contractual documents

-Digital Document Management

-Two languages minimum

I have already skipped a bunch of soft skills, we are not paid enough, while watching my Boomer PM taking 3 days to write three questions to client consultants.

Really good game, shame.