Being good at more than 1 thing is more valuable than being excellent in 1 only

Re:Being good at more than 1 thing is more valuable than bei... by ChristianGeek on Friday August 17, 2018 @03:54AM (#17781042)

Any job candidate who claims to be an expert in more than one or two things throws up red flags for me immediately. (And I’d still challenge their knowledge of those one or two things.)

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Re:Being good at more than 1 thing is more valuable than bei... by karmakaze on Friday August 17, 2018 @04:05AM (#17781094)

Ok let's do the math. How many years of real world experience does it take to be an expert? We'll go with 10 and say you can pick up two of areas at once, e.g. a database and programming language. Now if someone has a 15 year career they could have 3 areas of expertise if they worked in a few differing environments. Very doable.

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Re:Being good at more than 1 thing is more valuable than bei... by slededit on Friday August 17, 2018 @09:30AM (#17782660)

With the exponential growth of the field, people with 15 years experience are relatively rare.

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Re:Being good at more than 1 thing is more valuable than bei... by leetbulb on Friday August 17, 2018 @11:07AM (#17783366)

Totally agree with this, and I'm at about 12 years.

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