There is that joke about the University Professors talking about the best high level language, throwing out various languages until one just replied with "Grad Student".
It does make a lot of sense, you describe the problem in a very high level and abstract way and at the end of the process you get an executable out of it.
But yeah, as you go up the ladder, even the technical one, you end up needing people skills more and more than any technical or programming skill. Usually by senior level you're the best that you'll ever be at technical topics (hand wavy description here, don't nitpick), and the only way to progress up is to improve communication. No amount of extra technical knowledge will help you if you cannot communicate well.
It does make a lot of sense, you describe the problem in a very high level and abstract way and at the end of the process you get an executable out of it.
But yeah, as you go up the ladder, even the technical one, you end up needing people skills more and more than any technical or programming skill. Usually by senior level you're the best that you'll ever be at technical topics (hand wavy description here, don't nitpick), and the only way to progress up is to improve communication. No amount of extra technical knowledge will help you if you cannot communicate well.