In mathematics, there is this thing called the “Curse of Dimensionality”. In careers, there is the “Blessing of Dimensionality.” If you can make yourself good

In mathematics, there is this thing called the “Curse of Dimensionality”. In careers, there is the “Blessing of Dimensionality.” If you can make yourself good along multiples axes, you can carve a niche out for yourself. Maybe you are a top 20% coder. That alone, may be enough to get you a pretty good job. However, if you also have top 20% people skills, suddenly you have opened a very nice niche for yourself and are a very strong candidate for Director of Engineering or above. Instead of obsessing about your weakness is a single dimension and worrying about if you are specialist or generalist, develop another dimension of competence.