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Re:Ask HN:What job roles are suitable for a generalist? on Thursday February 03, 2011 @03:43AM (#2174138)

Yes! I was pleasantly surprised myself. That just means that HN is really good place.

Regarding your questions: you could follow advice mindcrime gave earlier, in 3 easy steps :)

Re:Ask HN:What job roles are suitable for a generalist? on Thursday February 03, 2011 @03:19AM (#2174103)

Project management is another good option, though I wouldn't want technical things being replaced by paperwork.

Thanks for your thoughts.

Re:Ask HN:What job roles are suitable for a generalist? on Thursday February 03, 2011 @03:08AM (#2174079)

Thanks for your support.

Finding a "right" company can be challenging indeed.

Re:Ask HN:What job roles are suitable for a generalist? on Thursday February 03, 2011 @03:03AM (#2174074)

If you don't mind... Could you elaborate a bit what do you mean by saying "[...]they lack the right mindset" ? What is the "right mindset" for developer?

Re:Ask HN:What job roles are suitable for a generalist? on Thursday February 03, 2011 @03:00AM (#2174064)

This recipe should be called "3 easy steps to become Six Sigma consultant". You could even write an ebook and sell it on the internet :)

On a serious note - I think the pattern is clear and it could be replicated successfully on different areas of life. Thank you for taking your time to present it here.

Re:Ask HN:What job roles are suitable for a generalist? on Thursday February 03, 2011 @02:52AM (#2174054)

Thanks for the ideas. That link with the movie about startup iteration was really funny.

I'm familiar with ITIL. At work we calculate our SLAs etc. So that might be an option after all.

Ask HN:What job roles are suitable for a generalist?

Posted by confuzed on Wednesday February 02, 2011 @10:30AM
from the ask-hn dept.

Pardon me for the new account but I'm long time HN reader and poster, just wanted to remain anonymous.I know there are a lot of really smart people on HN and if possible I'd like to get their opinion on this.Let me explain: I consider myself generalist, i.e. I do not have one special skill. I'm not hardcore/technical enough to be high end developer/hacker or sysadmin. On the other hand I...

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