A lot of people with poorly developed social skills like to pretend that poorly developed social skills don’t make them a bad coworker. I don’t think I agree with that.

this is definitely true, but it's a doubled edged sword, some of the best people in their fields are just complete assholes. Either through time, or ego, sometimes it's just because they're too good for the world. Usually, these people are few and far between.

It's also worth considering how much of the job actually is being socially proficient. In most cases people are willing to put up with people being a little weird and goofy if they're good at what they do. Sometimes those are the best people. Some of the people i have the most respect for in my life, are the weirdest people i've met. Unreasonably kind people, who are a little socially out there, i still really appreciate because they're genuinely good people. Some of the more unruly people are some of the most interesting, and knowledge people i've ever met. They also guarantee a unique perspective on things, which is valuable sometimes.

Different people attract different company, and different people work differently, ultimately the simple rule of getting as many differing points of view on something as possible, still seems to be holding true.

than again, this all depends on the type of team you want. You may want a groundbreaking research team, you may want a greybeard maintenance team, depends on the environment.