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Also summed up in the old saying: "A jack of all trades, a master of none." The world needs both in different places at different times.
by icehawk219 11y ago
Also summed up in the old saying: "A jack of all trades, a master of none." The world needs both in different places at different times.
- metafunctor 11y agoWhile these sayings are fun, and sort of true, they are kind of not useful. You should be a jack of various trades, a master of some. Specialization is for insects :)
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- beat 11y agoSomething I've learned from the Dreyfus Model of Skill Acquisition is that once you achieve expertise/mastery at a skill, it becomes much easier to learn other skills at the competent/proficient level. In other words, you learn how to learn, when what you're learning is hard and requires much effort. Having achieved expertise/mastery at a couple of different things (software deployment, guitar playing, other things), I find all sorts of common patterns between these seemingly unrelated skills, patterns I can then reapply for other skills. For example, being an improvisational musician has made me keenly aware of the passage of time, and immutable deadlines - an awareness that helps me with every other skill that involves the passage of time.
- pottereric 11y agoThere are many interesting ways that the Dreyfus Model of Skill Acquisition could be applied to the ideas in the blog post. There should be a few areas where you are an expert, a handful of things you should know at a proficient level, many things you should know at a competent level. You should be expanding the number of things in which you are an advanced beginner. I also like what you said about your knowledge of music was useful to your programming skills. Being well-rounded individuals can make us better specialists.
- merpnderp 11y agoYou should get bonus points for the Heinlein quote.
- gboss 11y agoThe full phrase is actually: "Jack of all trades, master of none, though oftentimes better than master of one." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_of_all_trades,_master_of_none#.22Master_of_none.22 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_of_all_trades,_master_of_... Puts a different spin on it.
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- mattchamb 11y agoPeople often forget the full saying is "Jack of all trades, master of none, though oftentimes better than master of one." Gives it quite a different meaning.