No. Good in that developers are exposed to outside skills and ideas they wouldn't be by spending 10 years doing the same thing.

I don't think it's good or bad per se. Depends o ntje company needs and the individual desite.

But as someone who originally wanted to be a specialist (or at the very leastT-shaped), I see a lot more problem in fostering specialists than generalists under this model. Sometimes you do just need that one guru who breathes C++ to come in and dig deep into your stack. Not always, but the value is irreplaceable.

Yeah, definitely some drawbacks as well. I think you can develop some specialization despite hopping around relatively often, though it’s not the path I’ve chosen (average tenure of 6-7 years per employer).