I believe the tradeoff of how specialized to be is dictated by your work opportunities - specialization of labor AKA division of labor [1]. If you can and want

I believe the tradeoff of how specialized to be is dictated by your work opportunities - specialization of labor AKA division of labor [1]. If you can and want to work in a large corporation, you should be able to get a fairly specific job title. This is advantageous because two specialists with advanced but complementary skills outperform two generalists with intermediate but overlapping skills. Division of labor allows sophistication in processes, which can increase efficiency. The downside is, the job pool is more limited (both for employers and for employees). You need specific employees/positions. A startup might not afford such specialization. For instance, if the finances only afford 3 people on payroll, you're not going to find a job working on a 10th of the pipeline, even with 20x efficiency compared to a generalist doing half of the pipeline with 2x efficiency. [1] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Division_of_labour https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Division_of_labour