Ask HN: With such fast changes in technology, how do you update your skillset?

Re:Ask HN: With such fast changes in technology, how do you ... by trump2016 on Tuesday January 17, 2017 @07:18AM (#13416845)

Great reply. Interesting how your decision to become a generalist stands in direct opposition to most of the replies to this thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13409239

Given that you probably have much more experience than many of the people here, I'm going to assume that your advice is more sound than theirs.

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Re:Ask HN: With such fast changes in technology, how do you ... by pjc50 on Tuesday January 17, 2017 @08:26AM (#13417271)

The truth is somewhat in the middle, I think. An experienced generalist is a very different prospect to a graduate "generalist" - in some sense, all graduates are generalists because they don't have experience. See the thread the other day about how many people with physics degrees crosstrain into tech and programming.

Generalism is insurance, while specialism can be more profitable if the speciality you pick ends up in demand.

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Re:Ask HN: With such fast changes in technology, how do you ... by riprowan on Tuesday January 17, 2017 @10:02AM (#13418061)

I must add that I have undergraduate and graduate technical degrees and spent from 1983-2005 building lots and lots of apps (I started coding at ~ age 15). So I pursued "generalism" only after being a reasonably qualified (but not specialized) technologist.

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