It sounds like you equate 'generalist' with BSer, but the article's definition of generalist matches what you're advocating. > Specialists’ work is coordinated

It sounds like you equate 'generalist' with BSer, but the article's definition of generalist matches what you're advocating. > Specialists’ work is coordinated by a product manager, with hand-offs between the functions in a manner resembling the pin factory: “one person sources the data, another models it, a third implements it, a fourth measures it” and on and on. If you're taking the time to learn the domain, source the data and clean it then you fit their definition of a generalist.