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My first boss talked about "F shaped" people and encouraged me to try and develop in that way. I later discovered he was paraphrasing and extending this "T shap

My first boss talked about "F shaped" people and encouraged me to try and develop in that way. I later discovered he was paraphrasing and extending this "T shaped" idea. This was originally described by Tim Brown of IDEO [0] fame, but as the OP explains has been extended and adapted since. I think it's a really good thing to consider earlier in your carrier, helping to enable you to be a better, rounder and more valuable contributor. In many ways HN has helped me to develop as a "F" shaped person, the breadth of content on here is invaluable for developing a wide area of knowledge. But also the depth of insight available can pull you in and take you on a development journey where you become an expert in an area. 0: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/T-shaped_skills https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/T-shaped_skills

_dain_ 4y ago
Other shapes have also been proposed: X-shaped for leadership I-shaped for individual depth-skill without communication skills tree-shaped for a person with depth in many areas or branches of a field Multiple Mountains shaped (coined by Forrest Z. Shooster) for individuals with depth in overlapping several fields rather than a shallow depth in many or a singular depth in one field who specialize in the overlap between those fields Γ- and Μ-shaped individuals (gamma and mu, respectively) have been described by Brittany Fiore in her ethnographic work of data science research communities to indicate people with supporting strengths in computationally- and software-intensive fields.[3][4] Similarly, π-shaped skills (after the Greek letter pi) refer to "a broad mastery of general management skills atop a few spikes of deep functional or domain expertise".[5] what is this MBA gobbledegook
- cokeandpepsi 4y ago
  Well, I guess I could write a tool to translate resumes into this nonsense

_dain_ 4y ago

Other shapes have also been proposed: X-shaped for leadership I-shaped for individual depth-skill without communication skills tree-shaped for a person with depth in many areas or branches of a field Multiple Mountains shaped (coined by Forrest Z. Shooster) for individuals with depth in overlapping several fields rather than a shallow depth in many or a singular depth in one field who specialize in the overlap between those fields Γ- and Μ-shaped individuals (gamma and mu, respectively) have been described by Brittany Fiore in her ethnographic work of data science research communities to indicate people with supporting strengths in computationally- and software-intensive fields.[3][4] Similarly, π-shaped skills (after the Greek letter pi) refer to "a broad mastery of general management skills atop a few spikes of deep functional or domain expertise".[5] what is this MBA gobbledegook

cokeandpepsi 4y ago
Well, I guess I could write a tool to translate resumes into this nonsense