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I noticed it before I got into IT, but it seems to have gotten worse.

EDIT: Great comments guys, and thanks. I don't feel so alone. :)

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[–] nsantoro73@lemmy.sdf.org 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

My last position had this problem. 'Silo's of knowledge'. We had a guy who could have retired yesterday who had so much institutional knowledge that when he left people were in such disarray. He was all, "I warned ya! You should have had me training people!"

[–] Morcyphr@lemmy.one 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

But no one wants to learn anything beyond their tunnel vision job title.

[–] nsantoro73@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 year ago

You'd be surprised how many people have the drive and motivation to learn other things than their job.