Not knowing an answer

Geertjan Wielenga: For anyone wanting to do this job, do you need to know everything to be up on stage?

Scott Hanselman: I was in Switzerland a couple of weeks ago. I was teasing people about the Swiss Army knife. I asked, "We live in fear of the Swiss Army because of this knife? What's so great about the Swiss Army knife?"

It's not a great knife, scissors, or pair of tweezers, but it does all those things pretty well together. You have to be a Swiss Army knife. You have to know lots of stuff 85%—you don't have to be an expert.

I'm speaking from a place of privilege because I recognize that I'm privileged in being able to receive a question on stage and reply, "I don't know." If I was a woman or a person of color early in their career, it would be difficult to go on stage and say, "I don't know the answer to that, but I'll go and ask." Because everyone knows me in the community...