Ed,
Yep! If you're a professional, that's what you do.
One of my early role-models in my business was Charley Waterman, who published under the by-line Charles F. Waterman. He explained things simply, yet evocatively, about hunting, hunting guns and fishing (which I also wrote about for many years). He once wrote (very entertainingly) about falling asleep at night while reading a professional journal about bluegill biology--or something like that. He said most of his readers wouldn't find it very interesting--but he did, and simplified it for them.
I am pretty damn sure you did a great job of passing along (and adequately compressing) what you know to the people who worked for you. That's what professionals do, because that's what we care about.
