It's quite obvious the specialists always makes more as employees and consultants in a particular field. Just think of it this way, you're the cook of the famil

It's quite obvious the specialists always makes more as employees and consultants in a particular field. Just think of it this way, you're the cook of the family, you make simple databases in Access, and do some bookkeeping. Would you make more than a chef for cooking even though you can use Access? Would you make more than a CS graduate for programming even though you can do basic accounting? Would you make more than a CPA for accounting even though you can cook? No, of course not. By the same reasoning, you wouldn't make more than an expert DBA, a jQuery expert, or an expert designer if you just knew a thing or two about a thing or two. Now, that doesn't mean you couldn't start your own business, do all those things, and make more money as a entrepreneur. But if you want to make more money working for someone else, you need to get a specialty.