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that's what full stack developers are all about. You should do everything. From planning to deployment. From backend to web design. Tune your cluster and fix your CSS.
I can't tell how serious your reply is here. Is there a hint of sarcasm in there?
That's what it is. You do scrum, you write your code, you do the work of 4 but earns as one.. and that's because its fun, t-shaped people don't like to stay in their comfort zone. /s
Ah well I didn't even know there was a loop to be so far out of...
I was working a corporate job a few years back and I guess our boss heard about the benefits of "T-shaped" people / teams. Anyway to improve productivity it was decided the whole dev team would participate in a half day training course about "T-shaped" people. It was your typical corporate training nonsense, a hour of watching videos, weird team activities including making animal noises with blindfolds on, playing wi…
This comment is a classic example of misreading the philosophy behind T-Shape people. T-Shape or 'paint drip' people is a term used for generalists who have acquired a diverse skillset during their career and how these generalists have an upper hand over a specialist in certain domains. The book Range by David Epstein also goes deep into this philosophy. A single anecdote of a misguided manager ruining it for their t…
I'm not really clear if David Epstein merging the two ideas is the 'true' idea of T-Shaped people in the hive mind of the internet or not.
tldr: T-Shaped could include multiple specialties (which make it not look much like a T)
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Of course. All I can do at decent level is computer related stuff, call me one trick pony. Meanwhile I know people who are perfectly capable making money of truck driving, drilling, a lot of construction related work, simple mechanics, and a lot of more.
This comment reminds me of a great article I read ages ago and had to track down. When you're deeply focused in one area, you're most keenly aware of all the aspects of that area that you aren't an expert in. For example, I consider myself to be a complete novice at relational DBs, but from the perspective of your example truck driving, drilling, construction working, mechanic, I might as well be an expert. I guess i…
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> are there any people, especially on HN, that identify as specialists? I specialize in solving problems. I've never found anyone with my capacity for researching, understanding and quickly putting together a plan to address some exigency. Whether that be triaging an issue in an opaque production environment or crafting a marketing plan to help tell the story of what my local community does well, that's what I specia…
Sounds like it would be interesting reading material. Have you ever written a blog or book about your process?
I don't write for the benefit of others, but I do write for the benefit of me, to keep that skill sharp.
I'll tell you my secret sauce, which is being gifted with some intelligence and applying oneself relentlessly. It's a straightforward recipe for success and it's only remarkable in an ocean of mediocrity.