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There’s 24h in a day for leaders too. A leader cannot achieve infinite output by being infinitely good, just like an expert cannot achieve infinite output by being infinitely good.

Expertise is also a force multiplier.

A single expert in a team of juniors can do so much more. Because it can delegate the junior work to the juniors while doing only expert work. Thus ending up with more expert work done.

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CameronDev@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
Your last paragragh describes a leader…

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DahGangalang@infosec.pub ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

A single expert in a team of juniors can do so much more. Because it can delegate the junior work to the juniors while doing only expert work.

This part is definitely true but I think it misses the point. A single expert can be a force multiplier, or they can be overbearing dead weight. There is the possibility a technical expert wants to micromanage and see every step as it is done (thus holding up work that can be done while the expert is elsewhere).

I conjecture that those skills and attributes that separate the two experts we’ve described is what “good leadership” consists of.

I would never trust a leader who has no technical skills, but neither would I trust a leader who has only technical skills.

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- calcopiritus@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  You can also have shit leaders that micromanage. What even is your point?
  
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  - DahGangalang@infosec.pub ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    Being a technical expert != being a good leader
    
    There are a set of skills and attributes that enable one to leader well. An ideal leader will have both technical skills and leadership capability, but it is possible for each to exist independently in a person.
    
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