Comment Re:Yes... (Score 4, Insightful) 809
I must, sadly, second that. There's a lot of engineers who have vastly overinflated opinions of themselves. In my hiring, I try to be modest, since I know I'm not good at most things, and always look for people better than myself in some way - mostly to learn from them. They are very, very hard to find. But then I spend about 15% of my time reading "random" technical writings about all sorts of subjects, just so that I won't look like a total idiot when faced with fields I normally don't deal with. It helps to gain perspective and understanding of the limitations of one's knowledge.