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Depends on the needs of the team too. In most of my roles, having good breadth has been more important to keep an eye on the big picture and to be able to contr
by redisman 6y ago
Depends on the needs of the team too. In most of my roles, having good breadth has been more important to keep an eye on the big picture and to be able to contribute in various areas and tell when the Jr's are doing something unwise.
- swiftcoder 6y agoIndeed. The most senior engineer on a team typically needs to have sufficient broad knowledge to understand (in detail) what everyone else on the team is (or should be) doing. That said, Carmack clearly has wide-ranging enough knowledge to run rings around entire engineering teams - despite his preference for learning in depth.