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What I understood is this author's definition of a generalist is someone who expands his scope beyond just programming. To things like design, business developm
by hopia 7y ago
What I understood is this author's definition of a generalist is someone who expands his scope beyond just programming. To things like design, business development, hr management, recruiting, raising funds etc.
Generally, it may not be so common to find an individual who's almost equally as passionate about all of these things. In the end we got limited time on this planet and can't learn everything.
- Scarblac 7y agoThat's not how I read the article. Seems to me he tries to do everything that has to do with (Web) software development, but not wider than that.
- hopia 7y agoWell in that case the definition of a generalist is much more narrow. Would we call a mathematician who is comfortable with all topics within algebra a generalist?
- ewindal 7y agoIf you ever want to rise in the ranks as an engineer, design and business are practically required.
- viklove 7y agoBuilding the thing right is useless unless you're building the right thing.
- geggam 7y agoPerfectionism is never allowed in a business environment. In fact most of those folks turn toxic because they don't get their way
- cat199 7y agohe said 'right' thing not 'perfect' thing - certainly those that building the 'right' thing do better in a business environment than those that build the 'wrong' thing, no?
- asdff 7y agoYou don't have to be equally good at everything, but if your business or field deals with a number of different specialties regularly, it makes your life easier if you know the basics in these other areas at least. You will make better contributions and better see how your piece fits into the bigger picture.