>Startups want generalists. Larger companies want specialists This is sometimes true. I've worked at startups though that only wanted to hire people that had f

>Startups want generalists. Larger companies want specialists This is sometimes true. I've worked at startups though that only wanted to hire people that had familiarity in their chosen stack, since they have short runway and don't have time to invest in people's ramp up. In the current large company I work for we generally favor "fungible" software engineers (but, in one's day to day work, maybe a particular engineer will wear fewer hats at a large company). When you interview at a company, you should interview your interviewers to find out whether this is true in the particular situation you find yourself in.