> Where do the specialists come from? They come from all different walks of life. That's part of what makes hiring specialists difficult. Specialists don't s

> Where do the specialists come from? They come from all different walks of life. That's part of what makes hiring specialists difficult. Specialists don't start out that way, they become that way, mostly due to intense focus on a particular area for a long period of time. Some people get that way quickly because they are pre-disposed with passion for a particular area, other people get that way due to their environment needing them to be there and sticking to it. There's consistent way, that I know of, to "create" a specialist. Probably the closest is by rote memorization and drilling from detailed and intensive instruction, which is the method militaries use to staff specialty roles, but quality and capability vary greatly. I don't necessarily classify these folks as "specialists" in the same way as someone who naturally gravitates towards a subfield.