Should custom software developers be generalists or specialists?
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Yes... aw, you beat me to it. :sigh:
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Yes... aw, you beat me to it. :sigh:
:) I was thinking of going with Special Generalist or General Specialist, but then I thought of you ;)
TTFN - Kent
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:) I was thinking of going with Special Generalist or General Specialist, but then I thought of you ;)
TTFN - Kent
I'm thinking of saying I'm a Specialist Specialist because I do only backend and only with C# and SQL Server. But it's not actually true.
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And being an expert means that you have the skills to deeply learn the new technology that the job requires you to learn. "I'm this, or I'm that" is BS. People are always learning new skills, forgetting old ones, adapting to new circumstances, etc. We are not just one thing all our lives. Marc
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Generalists for sure, with the ability to specialize in whatever, that's the ticket :)
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Old quote: Generalist - tends to know nothing about everything. Specialist - tends to know everything about nothing.
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As I wrote in this blog[^] you need to be both. You need to have both a broad understanding of IT coupled with a deeper understanding of a particular subject. This is something that is referred to a T-shaped.
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As I wrote in this blog[^] you need to be both. You need to have both a broad understanding of IT coupled with a deeper understanding of a particular subject. This is something that is referred to a T-shaped.
"There are two ways of constructing a software design: One way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies, and the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies. The first method is far more difficult." - C.A.R. Hoare Home | LinkedIn | Google+ | Twitter
I'm pear shaped, is that close enough?
TTFN - Kent
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I'm pear shaped, is that close enough?
TTFN - Kent
Me too. We may be pear shaped but we remain peer less. What a BAD pun.
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A specialist is who every time knows more about less, until the point is reached that he knows everything about nothing ;P ;P ;P :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: ;P ;P ;P
M.D.V. ;) If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about? Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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I'm pear shaped, is that close enough?
TTFN - Kent
Sounds good enough to me ;P
"There are two ways of constructing a software design: One way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies, and the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies. The first method is far more difficult." - C.A.R. Hoare Home | LinkedIn | Google+ | Twitter