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>I think they underestimate the value of specific knowledge This is the crux of the issue. When it comes to "Knowledge Work" almost every step sooner or later
by rramadass 5y ago
>I think they underestimate the value of specific knowledge
This is the crux of the issue. When it comes to "Knowledge Work" almost every step sooner or later becomes a specialization. For example, I used to sneer at the role of a "Build Engineer" until i was forced to take up that role in one project. The combination of HW Platforms, OS versions, config switches, build flags, magic incantations etc. quickly gave me a new found respect for a job which i had considered "trivial".
- spoils19 5y agoI don't understand why you would sneer at a role in the first place, without at least taking some sort of look into what they have to do.
- rramadass 5y agoYou have missed the point of the anecdote. It is that one tends to underestimate the complexity involved in a particular job which has evolved well beyond its initial "trivial" requirements. Hence the need to guard consciously against such tendencies particularly in domains where you may not be competent.