Exactly: if you're talking to people who already understand your value, then you don't have to pitch your value to them. Specialists also benefit from this, wit

Exactly: if you're talking to people who already understand your value, then you don't have to pitch your value to them. Specialists also benefit from this, with the additional benefit that they can look for employment outside their network. There are some survivorship biases responding in this thread, but the fact remains that employment opportunities favor specialists over generalists, all other things being equal.