You have to specialize in order to progress up the development latter (if you want to go the IC track). You wont get past Senior or even regular Software Develo

You have to specialize in order to progress up the development latter (if you want to go the IC track). You wont get past Senior or even regular Software Developer if you don't specialize is something...unless you work at a place that rewards time-spent versus work product. The correct answer is both obviously but you will need to, at some point, specialize in something.