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by pottereric 11y ago
Actually, I was talking about developers. In my experience working on projects that needed FDA part 11 compliance, it can be incredibly helpful to have developers that know how to write software that meets to compliance rules from process,
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by pottereric 11y ago
The other factor to consider here is that not all specialists are focused on a technology. Some specialists focus on a process or a business domain. If a startup is working on financial software, finding someone that has a deep knowledge of
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by pottereric 11y ago
As someone that specialized in Palm OS programming for a few years, I concur that there is a risk in picking the wrong specialty. But I did learn a lot in my days as a Palm OS dev. I earned the right to design and implement some really inte
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by pottereric 11y ago
Agreed. The ruby expert will probably also be proficient in HTML, JavaScript, and CSS. You need a range of skills to be an expert in something.
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by pottereric 11y ago
It's true that a neurologist wouldn't work on your knee, but to become a neurologist, you would have to study the knee in medical school. Even specialists need to have a proficient knowledge in other areas.
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by pottereric 11y ago
There are many interesting ways that the Dreyfus Model of Skill Acquisition could be applied to the ideas in the blog post. There should be a few areas where you are an expert, a handful of things you should know at a proficient level, many
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by pottereric 11y ago
I agree that being a specialist is where the money is. What I was trying to show in the blog post was that the only way become a well-paid specialist is to improve your skills in the surrounding technologies. I doubt there are many develope
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by pottereric 11y ago
Great points. One of the things that I tried to point out is that the breadth of your skills specifically supports your specialty. A company should appreciate your breadth of skills because it makes you better at your specialty.
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by pottereric 11y ago
That is the exact concepts I was going for. I had never heard that terminology until I read your link. Thanks for the information. I still like the concept of a topo map because I believe that the skills nearest your specialty or more impor
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by pottereric 11y ago
Good point. It helps to be well-rounded in general, not just in technology. To be fair, if you work for Netflix, entertainment is part of your business domain. One of the things the article highlights is the importance of knowing the busine
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Should Custom Software Developers Be Generalists or Specialists?(blog.apterainc.com)
47 points by pottereric 11y ago|58 comments
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How your unit tests should be like Seinfeld characters(blog.apterainc.com)
1 points by pottereric 11y ago|0 comments
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Remixing Software Ideas for Innovation(blog.apterainc.com)
3 points by pottereric 12y ago|0 comments
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Developing Software in a Network of Ideas(blog.apterainc.com)
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by pottereric 12y ago
What are they protesting?
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“Theirs but to Do and Die”: How a Lack of Communication Will Kill a Project(blog.apterainc.com)
2 points by pottereric 12y ago|0 comments
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Edsger Dijkstra's ideas applied to unit testing(blog.apterainc.com)
2 points by pottereric 12y ago|0 comments
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IWOZ: Lessons for the Software Engineer(blog.apterainc.com)
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by pottereric 14y ago
I love this. I've felt for awhile that as an industry we should experiment with specialized forms of IO for specific tasks. I've protoyped some devices for rating tracks in iTunes ( http://vimeo.com/24298670 ) and using a joystick to contro