What it won't get you is breadth of experience, operational background, full-stack thinking, or people who can look at somebody else's work and say "here a

What it won't get you is breadth of experience, operational background, full-stack thinking, or people who can look at somebody else's work and say "here are the ways in which that is going to blow up in your face, two years from now". (Anybody care to add to this list?) This is true - because that's a byproduct of experience and not passion. Experience can be soon on a resume. Arguably, passion for the work leads one to make more of the years of experience - ensuring it's "10 years of experience" vs " 1 year 10 times".