A Stack of skills does not add up but multiplies. If a set of skills has a ‘zero’ in it, the net result is also zero. Example: If one is brilliant, capable and intelligent but does not do any work, the rest of the skills are nullified.
One needs to have at least a basic competence in the many fundamentals of the chosen venture.
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