Competence Trap
Exceptional problem-solving ability causes more problems to be routed to the same developer. Trusted developers receive fires, critical bugs, and quick requests because others expect them to handle them. The competence trap produces depend…
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Exceptional problem-solving ability causes more problems to be routed to the same developer. Trusted developers receive fires, critical bugs, and quick requests because others expect them to handle them. The competence trap produces dependency and burnout instead of leverage and visibility. Being trusted to fix problems does not make leadership view a developer as a decision-maker.