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No. Good in that developers are exposed to outside skills and ideas they wouldn't be by spending 10 years doing the same thing.
by loeg 11mo ago
No. Good in that developers are exposed to outside skills and ideas they wouldn't be by spending 10 years doing the same thing.
- johnnyanmac 11mo agoI don't think it's good or bad per se. Depends o ntje company needs and the individual desite. But as someone who originally wanted to be a specialist (or at the very leastT-shaped), I see a lot more problem in fostering specialists than generalists under this model. Sometimes you do just need that one guru who breathes C++ to come in and dig deep into your stack. Not always, but the value is irreplaceable.
- loeg 11mo agoYeah, definitely some drawbacks as well. I think you can develop some specialization despite hopping around relatively often, though it’s not the path I’ve chosen (average tenure of 6-7 years per employer).