When looking at this like coaches and players, players are often the experts and coaches are often the generalists. We all know, though, in business, coaches tend to get paid WAY more. So it behooves most players to become experts, in order to be the best player, so that one day their efforts will get rewarded and they can ascend to coach-dome.
But there are many, many coaches that were never experts. Some of which are privileged psycho-sociopaths who have worked their way up the coach ladder by playing that game, which is a different exercise entirely.
This leads you to the question, is it better to be a coach-coach or a player-coach? Furthermore, how does a new coach (who is not a sociopath) compete against both coaches and players trying to be the next coach? Where is the lane for the natural, generalist coach?
All lanes are hard, but the generalist-coach lane is very hard for those without an MBA, and without certain cut-throat tactics, which seem to be the base playing rules in that lane. Then, even if you get the title, earning the respect of the player-experts is another challenge.
Generalists may have their day, and lanes-per-niche may be more or less difficult for generalists, but it is not such a triumph. From my perspective, at least.
When looking at this like coaches and players, players are often the experts and coaches are often the generalists. We all know, though, in business, coaches tend to get paid WAY more. So it behooves most players to become experts, in order to be the best player, so that one day their efforts will get rewarded and they can ascend to coach-dome.
But there are many, many coaches that were never experts. Some of which are privileged psycho-sociopaths who have worked their way up the coach ladder by playing that game, which is a different exercise entirely.
This leads you to the question, is it better to be a coach-coach or a player-coach? Furthermore, how does a new coach (who is not a sociopath) compete against both coaches and players trying to be the next coach? Where is the lane for the natural, generalist coach?
All lanes are hard, but the generalist-coach lane is very hard for those without an MBA, and without certain cut-throat tactics, which seem to be the base playing rules in that lane. Then, even if you get the title, earning the respect of the player-experts is another challenge.
Generalists may have their day, and lanes-per-niche may be more or less difficult for generalists, but it is not such a triumph. From my perspective, at least.