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Re:Ask HN: Is it better to generalise or specialise as a dev... by sebmellen on Wednesday May 26, 2021 @02:42AM (#27287175)
The words "generalist" and "specialist" are relative, so different people perceive the roles of "generalists" and "specialists" differently.

To me, even a small degree of specialization within software development qualifies someone as a specialist. xyzzy_plugh seems to think many more people are generalists than specialists, even at larger (FAANG) compaines.

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Re:Ask HN: Is it better to generalise or specialise as a dev... by xyzzy_plugh on Wednesday May 26, 2021 @05:35PM (#27296414)
By your definition, I've been a specialist in columnar store databases, high-performance RPC frameworks, compilers and toolchains, embedded firmware and vector graphics.

That sounds like a generalist to me.

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Re:Ask HN: Is it better to generalise or specialise as a dev... by darkhorse22 on Wednesday May 26, 2021 @09:42AM (#27290364)
you're crazy, I love you, but you're crazy
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