This is a very interesting angle of discussion, really

But I think this is partially their fault as well

A Nuclear plant engineer, while specialized in some element of that plant (and there are many elements, in civil, mechanical, chemical engineering) has knowledge that's applicable in a lot of different situations

Were the Automobile engineers content of designing more of the same poorly constructed vehicles? While the ICE is old technology I can't imagine the things that could come out of it if they really invested in rethinking it (also other parts like the drivetrain)

> But they're also laden with a tremendous amount of arcane knowledge, that, unfortunately, gets in the way of learning new skills.

That's true. But I think it's also a matter of attitude

You know, I can be the best specialist in some technology, let's say: installing Oracle, or even better, let's say I'm a top notch Golang programmer today

Tomorrow Golang won't exist, or won't be relevant. I am SURE of this

> But really, it's quite crushing. You may not understand it now, but you almost certainly will, eventually.

Yeah, I agree