This. So much this. Writing and general social skills are the number 1 thing lacking with people I interact with in the industry. The I know more than you attitude is great amongst peers, but with clients, you don't have to prove you're smarter, instead your job is to make them smarter.

Break it down to a 4th grade level, if you can't, you likely don't understand it yourself.

I would agree that in general certs have too much weight, but the reality of it is, as it stands, they're the closest bridge / standardization that the market has built for non-Security ilk.

Also, Security is not IT. That's another thing that needs to change.

As for OSCP, I think it's great and out of all the certs i've taken for various reasons, it's the only one I felt challenged with, in a good way.