Should You Specialize or Be a Generalist?

Navy, then pre-sales, support, training and CS. Generalist on paper, specialist in one thing: translating between people who don't speak each other's language.

Hi Scott? He passed in January

Specialize in your customer, but not your skills. Having a variety of skills is actually a superpower. It's a curse when you target everyone.

i run a few small products so i'm a generalist by default. every week i wish i could just do one thing, then i get bored by thursday

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I cannot specialize. Too many interests. I need to learn everything. That’s how my brain works. I connect the pieces.

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Couldn’t agree more. Mutiple unique advantages from a non linear path go a long way.

As the legend himself said "Talent stacking"

Clients pay specialists. Founders who survive built three different businesses because the first vertical disappeared.

Specialise, I take your job in a year. Generalise, I take it in two.

You asked the wrong question. The right question: How high are your IQ, curiosity, and courage? The right answer: The higher each one is, the more you can ask of an LLM. Don't believe me? Ask how many people know how to use all the buttons on a TI-86 calculator.

Specialise to make money, then be a generalist. I kinda did the opposite way in real life.

generalist with one deep skill seems to work for most people