It's a fine line. I've moved up to Network Architect and I'm working hard to replicate my knowledge out to small network team so I don't have to work tickets a

It's a fine line. I've moved up to Network Architect and I'm working hard to replicate my knowledge out to small network team so I don't have to work tickets anymore. One of the reasons for the promotion is the understanding I have across categories- firewall, voice, VPN, APIs, Proxy, MPLS, layer 2, and so forth. Unfortunately, that really does make me more effective troubleshooting than the specialists on the team, even fairly experienced ones. But it also makes me most valuable at an architectural level. So I'm working hard to make sure that everything is documented and their is 2 deep understanding of the things I worked on so that I can be free to build up the future. The irreplaceable man/woman can't ever get a real promotion because they'll be stuck at whatever they are doing today. Being valuable and a 'bargain' at almost any price is much better.