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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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