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Episode 24: Should I be a generalist or specialist developer?

Soft Skills Engineering

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The T-Shape Person

There's a lot of metaphors out there that describe the difference between generalist and specialist. I think Jameson has heard of a few of these and he told me a great one earlier. The T-shaped person is someone who has broad knowledge but goes very deep in one area. Over time, developers tend to be more like capital M-shaped where it's like they're a T. And every once in a while you dive deeply into something so you're specializing in a lot of different things.

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