There's a freedom I had when I didn't know what I was doing to never know I was "doing it wrong". Reading Reddit, Hacker News, and various forums over the cour

There's a freedom I had when I didn't know what I was doing to never know I was "doing it wrong". Reading Reddit, Hacker News, and various forums over the course of my career have definitely put me in the upper echelons of expertise (and my clients have certainly appreciated that). At the same time, there's a creativity that comes from "I'm going to solve this in the only way I can think to" that people often loose sight of as they gain expertise. When you know it's the road less-traveled, you're less likely to walk it yourself, even if there are some great solutions down there that nobody else can see because they're blinded by groupthink.