I believe the ratio of interpersonal skills to technical skills should be 50:50 in the medical device industry. There are instances where you can talk yourself up but you can only do it for so long until your lack of technical skills catch up to you and prohibit you from advancing; this is also true vice versa. Though, it is easier said than done to achieve the 50:50 ratio. Some people are more inclined to be better at one type of skill than the other, but like hc255 mentioned, it is also up to the individual to take initiative to find resources to enhance the skills they are lacking in. This comes with experience for sure, but one should be willing to acquire these skills and not solely rely on technical or interpersonal skills to get by at work. I know that at my job, I definitely need to have strong interpersonal skills to relay information on the projects I’m working on with my team but if I do not have strong technical skills, I won’t have much information to relay and therefore, I will be less motivated to build interpersonal relations with my team. So I do think that both skill sets are dependent on one another and can therefore be enhanced as a unit.