> A big percentage of so-called experts today only know how to configure some kind of hype-tool, but they understand nothing about how things work at the deeper

> A big percentage of so-called experts today only know how to configure some kind of hype-tool, but they understand nothing about how things work at the deeper level. This resonates with me strongly. Everyone seems to know how to do things by rote memorization ("to do X, add this line to your config file") but nobody knows how to go off-script if you need to do something slightly different (not-quite-X or a variation on X). Worse, people will waste your time trying to steer the conversation away from not-quite-X back to X. (Insert the parable of the man searching for his lost wallet under a streetlight because that's where the lighting is best.)