I once ran a small team with a specific QA guy, he was awesome. He had more technical knowledge of the product than the remainder of the team (3 other programme

I once ran a small team with a specific QA guy, he was awesome. He had more technical knowledge of the product than the remainder of the team (3 other programmers) combined. As a new manager, he was who I leaned on the most to find out things, and who saved my ass on a number of occasions. He deserved more respect than he got.