Re: Actually Eri...
Yep, people rise to their level of incompetence.
I never reached mine. I was almost overly intelligent for my job in that some of the others around me were already at or almost at their level of incompetence. I always had to be in "teaching" mode. But truthfully, I loved teaching! I was patient and I'd go at things from more than one direction, deconstructing the process and reconstructing it so that my co-workers could understand how and why something worked. If you don't understand how and why, then you can't make judgments and decisions. I intuitively knew the how and why and, so, was able to teach it to others.
I wonder how they're all getting along now. But then again, I don't. Heh. Retirement is wonderful.