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This is very simplistic thinking that neglects demand. Markets tend to favor specialists (and specialized companies). Selling yourself as a generalist is challe

This is very simplistic thinking that neglects demand. Markets tend to favor specialists (and specialized companies). Selling yourself as a generalist is challenging as differentiation is inherently difficult. Given opportunities and resources generalists may outperform but such positions are rare and access is often gated by check for specialization.

hobofan 7y ago
For employment relationships, yes. For freelance, I would say it's quite the opposite, where you have a much bigger pool of gigs you can accept as a generalist. And if you are in full-on mercenary mode, it also allows you to capitalize a lot better on hype-topics, where as a good generalist you can ramp up on the required skills pretty quickly.