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Any career longer than about five years that has a focus on a single technology or language with no attempt to branch out or learn new things. Especially for th
by drblast 8y ago
Any career longer than about five years that has a focus on a single technology or language with no attempt to branch out or learn new things. Especially for those without a comp sci degree.
For example, if your resume says you're a "SharePoint developer" or "Java expert" it's automatically suspect. I've worked with too many people who only know a single thing and are trying to ride that train as far as they can.
Those people have a great first three months if the job is for their exact skill set. But anyone more well-rounded will run circles around them after that.
- frou_dh 8y agoA related problem is someone never having designed and implemented a substantial project where they decided what to use. Rather, only having added onto or maintained existing projects. That gets people into the mindset of being a "FOO Developer" rather than a developer, because the presence of FOO seems like a fact of life.