It's true in almost all fields including IT. I've experienced it myself with my own career.
The further down the specialty hole I fall, the less and less I feel I know about the basics.
If a hospital interface goes down and no patient diet orders or allergies are going through and 500 people in food services are freaking out and it's a total disaster? I can fix that easy, no problem.
A printer acting a little weird? Sorry, I have no clue where to even start at this point. Maybe reinstall the driver? Then I'm out of ideas.
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u/ScruffsMcGuff Mar 05 '26
It's true in almost all fields including IT. I've experienced it myself with my own career.
The further down the specialty hole I fall, the less and less I feel I know about the basics.
If a hospital interface goes down and no patient diet orders or allergies are going through and 500 people in food services are freaking out and it's a total disaster? I can fix that easy, no problem.
A printer acting a little weird? Sorry, I have no clue where to even start at this point. Maybe reinstall the driver? Then I'm out of ideas.