I work in public sector (NHS Tech) and I'm not so sure. There can be a lot of bureaucracy around hiring leading to quite well defined roles. You're right about

I work in public sector (NHS Tech) and I'm not so sure. There can be a lot of bureaucracy around hiring leading to quite well defined roles. You're right about understaffing and if you end up in a good sub organisation there'll be a lot of work to do and room to branch out. But you're unlikely to get hired as a jack of all trades. Startups are far more likely to hire useful people who can do a lot of different things. Public sector you'll be hired to do a specific thing but then might be able to pick up lots of random things if you have the right rep or people around you.