How do people who consider themselves as problem solver fair in the industry?

Re:How do people who consider themselves as problem solver f... by fragmede on Thursday August 10, 2023 @05:46PM (#37082206)

Once you reach a certain level it becomes less about the stack itself and more about the bigger picture. What problems for the customer you're solving, what's the UX. If the stack there for historical reasons then just pick up that stack. Business don't generally care about how you solve their problem, they just want it solved. If you have to pick up a new stack to do it, then so be it. Is there a demand for that? Businesses still have, and will always have problems they need bespoke software written to solve. Choose whichever you want, you'll be valued either way. Specializing in one field limits the breadth of what you can do but the depth makes you more valuable, just in a different way.

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Re:How do people who consider themselves as problem solver f... by arkniazi on Friday August 11, 2023 @03:49AM (#37086181)

You are right businesses don't care about the stack unless they have already setup a stack. Then next time they would want to hire someone experienced in that.

They won't go for generalist. Even though they might be using that resource to jump on different tech stack which was not even mentioned in the JD.

Means they hire specialist of one domain and then use them to work on other domain as well.

But they will be reluctant to hire generalist from the start.

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