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I agree. I'd argue for an additional "generalist" category, as well. Generalists won't be famous, like the exceptional specialists in your example, but an excel
by eszed 1y ago
I agree. I'd argue for an additional "generalist" category, as well. Generalists won't be famous, like the exceptional specialists in your example, but an excellent generalist will be able to do good work in any situation. They will be highly valued by their teammates - though often not, unfortunately, be much recognized by management.
- swiftcoder 1y agoAnd in most startups, you desperately need a generalist among your first few hires. By all means make your founding engineer a specialist in your specific field - but right after that hire, you need a generalist who is going to knock out all your infrastructure, devops, tooling, testing, and team processes. Otherwise your specialist is never going to have the time to do their thing.