In order to become an appreciated and appreciative generalist one also has to go deep down (at least one) rabbit hole of "specialized" knowledge.
The Dunning-Kruger effect is quite powerful and not only on a small scale of a couple of months but a couple of years, too.
I must admit that I experienced the imposter syndrome quite intensely relatively late in my life only after really digging into a particular field (on/off >5 years): the amount of things "known" is truly and shockingly (infinitesimally) small like looking into a void after all that acquired knowledge and skill.
This (humbling) experience makes you a better rounded generalist i.e. team player in being able to connect with the sensitive issue of "horror vacuui" specialists see themselves inevitably confronted at times: What do I know.
A scanner knows enough vocabulary to fool non-experts and thus is susceptible to developing DK. This definitely enforces DK as one of many factors.
I have met several such people. I have expertise in multiple narrow areas, and they couldn’t fool me.
This has, in turn, made me skeptic in all other areas where I do not have expertise. I always have my guards up when I hear someone talk about anything.
In order to become an appreciated and appreciative generalist one also has to go deep down (at least one) rabbit hole of "specialized" knowledge.
The Dunning-Kruger effect is quite powerful and not only on a small scale of a couple of months but a couple of years, too. I must admit that I experienced the imposter syndrome quite intensely relatively late in my life only after really digging into a particular field (on/off >5 years): the amount of things "known" is truly and shockingly (infinitesimally) small like looking into a void after all that acquired knowledge and skill.
This (humbling) experience makes you a better rounded generalist i.e. team player in being able to connect with the sensitive issue of "horror vacuui" specialists see themselves inevitably confronted at times: What do I know.