Completely agreed. I would not assume that a person with a month of personal development in a skill would be a specialist in a general area. However, on a sma

Completely agreed. I would not assume that a person with a month of personal development in a skill would be a specialist in a general area. However, on a smaller team, I think this would be ample to take on the design duties. As for specializing, I am uncomfortable with "that's not my job" in general. Whether it's front-end work, back-end work, operations, management, etc., I'll put that person on the slow track right away. If they try and it's just a hot mess no matter how much support they get, that's a different matter. The thing is, there are brilliant, passionate, skilled, experienced people who can actually do it all. I want to find them before they realize this and grow them. I see it as pushing to excel, not strong-arming, but I can understand your perspective. I've had to do sales before. :-)