Why not? I used to think that specialization was the right path to go on. Learn everything about just a few things. But as I've gotten older I've realized that

Why not? I used to think that specialization was the right path to go on. Learn everything about just a few things. But as I've gotten older I've realized that most skills have far reaching applications beyond the specific task. Learning how to garden has improved my code structure and how I think about relationships and similarities between things from learning about the relationships between different plant species, families and cultures. As well as looking at how they grow (it's very functional). My point being that a lot skills overlap and I think we can master far more than we give ourselves credit for. But because we think it's not feasible few of us open ourselves to the possibility.