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> even if it's a small thing

How small is small? Some small fields are quite big when you factor in all global experts.

Something that you, personally, could be reasonably expected to know pretty much everything about, whether that's an internal system, a public API, or tool. It's up to you whether the topic is transferrable.

This is pretty like the quote from Thomas Huxley: "Try to learn something about everything and everything about something".

But I think people should choose topic carefully it should be fundamental, maybe it's soon unfortunately gone if you choose a trendy and short-lived tech.

Never heard that quote before. +1

"How small a thought it takes to fill a whole life!" – Ludwig Wittgenstein

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