My career, mostly as a sysadmin, has been defined by shallow and wide knowledge. One thing I've noticed, as I've progressed into a team lead position is that t

My career, mostly as a sysadmin, has been defined by shallow and wide knowledge. One thing I've noticed, as I've progressed into a team lead position is that the shallow/wide is very difficult for the people who aren't as experienced as me. So my initial "just do it the way I did it!" was very, very wrong. I'm changing that attitude in myself to target folks as subject matter experts (sorry for corporate-speak!) This is relevant because it's actually difficult to try to learn 20+ years of wide/shallow stuff in 6 months. Who'd have thunk it? But people still try to chase that extra knowledge, thinking they have to somehow achieve parity with those much smarter or further along in their careers. (I don't consider myself much smarter, I'm a bear of very little brain) As they progress in their careers and experience, then the wide/shallow can be introduced.