• fraichu@lemmy.ml
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    4 months ago

    What usually happens is that you’re top 1% in certain skill. There are still other skills where you’re not top 1%. Most people always keep learning from other people. A top 1% mathematician may not be top 1% anxiety manager.

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      4 months ago

      Exactly this. I like to think I’m pretty fuckin smart when it comes to sysadmin. I’m an actual moron when it comes to software development. Just all depends on the skills you learn.

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        4 months ago

        And I don’t know Jack shit about either of those, but I can do a lot of different shit on a forklift efficiently and safely!

        • NotSteve_@lemmy.ca
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          4 months ago

          Same here. I absolutely dread the days where I need to touch my companies infrastructure repo. A simple infra chsnge turns into a week of pain for me