Comments on: Technical ‘Experts’ and Their Reign http://artellos.com/125/technical-experts-and-their-reign Making the Tech Life easier. Fri, 13 Aug 2010 23:28:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Olrik Lenstra http://artellos.com/125/technical-experts-and-their-reign/comment-page-1#comment-41 Olrik Lenstra Mon, 19 Apr 2010 14:10:54 +0000 http://artellos.com/?p=125#comment-41 @Sarah <blockquote>However, people often assume that because your a tech, you also know everything. You sometimes need to say no, that’s not my field, but at the same time have a broad knowledge base.</blockquote> I've had this happen to me several times actually. I hate it when it happens though, as I don't like letting people down. @Sarah

However, people often assume that because your a tech, you also know everything. You sometimes need to say no, that’s not my field, but at the same time have a broad knowledge base.

I’ve had this happen to me several times actually. I hate it when it happens though, as I don’t like letting people down.

]]> By: Sarah http://artellos.com/125/technical-experts-and-their-reign/comment-page-1#comment-40 Sarah Mon, 19 Apr 2010 10:14:17 +0000 http://artellos.com/?p=125#comment-40 I think I had a conversation about this in IRC the other day. The IT/Tech world is so big you can't know it all. However, people often assume that because your a tech, you also know everything. You sometimes need to say no, that's not my field, but at the same time have a broad knowledge base. There is a reason why Microsoft hires tens of thousands of people, you need many areas of expertise. The field is also crowded with young people nowadays that claim to know most things. You need to find one or two particular areas of expertise, such as a programming, web dev. or Networking, then even get e niche within that field, like Security, Analysis or Development. I think I had a conversation about this in IRC the other day. The IT/Tech world is so big you can’t know it all. However, people often assume that because your a tech, you also know everything. You sometimes need to say no, that’s not my field, but at the same time have a broad knowledge base.
There is a reason why Microsoft hires tens of thousands of people, you need many areas of expertise.
The field is also crowded with young people nowadays that claim to know most things. You need to find one or two particular areas of expertise, such as a programming, web dev. or Networking, then even get e niche within that field, like Security, Analysis or Development.

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