There's also the fact that there's a lot less social pressure for young people not to look stupid. If you're the senior subject matter expert and get a question you can't answer, people still expect you to make an educated guess. The junior guy they expect to ask someone.
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That does not match with my, very much anecdotal, experience.
Real subject matter experts are generally very clear about where their expertise ends. Less experienced people, not so much.
> There's also the fact that there's a lot less social pressure for young people not to look stupid.
Also also they tend to be less financially "tethered" for want of a better word - mortgages, families, children, etc. - which makes it easier for them to be risky (consciously or not) about what/who/where they work on/with.
Probably not likely to be jumping from your stable 9/5 to a startup when you've got your semi-detached with 4 kids.
The sign of true subject matter expert is someone who has the confidence to say when they don’t know the answer.
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