Why the world needs deep generalists, not specialists

Re:Why the world needs deep generalists, not specialists by snowwrestler on Monday November 19, 2018 @02:20AM (#18484672)

I would encourage people to find a better career coach than Scott Adams. Like many people who achieve remarkable cultural success, he doesn't actually know why it happened. For instance: does anyone think Dilbert succeeded because Scott is good at drawing? But it's first on his list of self-superlatives.

Edit to add: Great drawing skill does not matter for most comic strips. Look at Peanuts, or Garfield, or more recently Pearls Before Swine or XKCD. Ryan North has been posting Dinosaur Comics 3 times a week for 15 years using the same art for every single one.

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Re:Why the world needs deep generalists, not specialists by carlmr on Monday November 19, 2018 @04:25AM (#18485095)

Apart from him saying that his drawing skills aren't that great (which was the exact point above, it's better to be slightly above average in multiple domains than trying to be the best in one, which is almost impossible), I disagree with you that the mentioned comic artists don't have drawing skills.

XKCD looks simple, but the recognizability of these simple characters isn't that easy to achieve.

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