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by linza 469 days ago
The value is in leadership, and being able to avoid certain classes of bugs from appearing in the first place. Troubleshooting just happens to be the skill that allows you to gain the knowledge to lead.
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Exactly:

"I found the root cause and corrected it. It may be an issue in these other two places so we should check there as well."

"Great. How do we avoid issues like this in the future?"

"By doing X thing a different way, and ensuring that Y thing is also in place."