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I don't think there are many fields out there where you'd need comparatively that much expertise in so many subfields before you got to call yourself a generali

• neonological 6y ago
  I've met people with max competency in 3 separate fields. I've also met people with more competency if you count fields outside of computer science. I'm not saying they were specialists, I'm saying these people were competent. Most people are only competent or a specialist in one of these fields.
  • Dudeman112 6y ago
    Can a general practitioner call himself a generalist? How many subfields does a mechanical engineer need to be competent in before they can be labeled a generalist? What about lawyers?
    • neonological 6y ago
      > Can a general practitioner call himself a generalist? A generalist practitioner in the case of a Doctor isn't really a specialist. You need additional schooling to specialize. So a specialist technically knows more than a "general practitioner" for doctors. For this context, a generalist refers to someone who specialized in more fields than one. So a brain surgeon and a cancer specialist would be more general than someone who only does brain surgery. >How many subfields does a mechanical engineer need to be competent in before they can be labeled a generalist? Don't know. It's not formally defined. But it has got to be more than one. >What about lawyers? Same as above, I guess.