>> The way I interpret DKE is that low level people don’t (yet) know what they don’t know.
Exactly, it's like people who think the company CEO is a useless idiot because they don't see him writing React code or whatever their limited definition of "adding value" is.
Another example I see on HN - whenever a hiring thread comes up, people chime in how stupid whiteboard interviews are, and surely the poster would be a super-star at a FAANG if only they weren't gate-kept by these dumb interviews. Isn't it more likely that these super-successful companies use these interviews because they end up hiring the people they want to hire, and it's you, the poster, lacking a clue as to what that looks like?
Basically the heuristic is, if something/someone is successful and it seems stupid to you, start by assuming it's you who likely has something to learn.
Exactly, it's like people who think the company CEO is a useless idiot because they don't see him writing React code or whatever their limited definition of "adding value" is.
Another example I see on HN - whenever a hiring thread comes up, people chime in how stupid whiteboard interviews are, and surely the poster would be a super-star at a FAANG if only they weren't gate-kept by these dumb interviews. Isn't it more likely that these super-successful companies use these interviews because they end up hiring the people they want to hire, and it's you, the poster, lacking a clue as to what that looks like?
Basically the heuristic is, if something/someone is successful and it seems stupid to you, start by assuming it's you who likely has something to learn.