I also think that in the minds of management, the more general a technical expert is, the more of a potential threat they are, and thus loyalty becomes even more important. If that’s the case, it might be sometimes beneficial to pretend to be ignorant of areas outside your specialty, especially the business context of your technical work. (That’s pretty inconvenient for someone like me.)
Curious what you meant by “someone like me”. Are you referring to your job role, disposition, something else?
Curious what you meant by “someone like me”. Are you referring to your job role, disposition, something else?
I’m a technical generalist.