While reading on how to improve recruiting for Macquarie, I ran across an interesting job candidate description. Not a particular applicant, a description of a type of applicant: Five Tips to Hiring a Generalizing Specialist. Apparently there is a name for people like me. (More at Generalizing Specialists: Improving Your IT Career Skills.)
My career path has been atypical. I graduated a with a degree in classical music and jumped into programming out of need. I was very fortunate to have smart, capable friends who recommended the right books. And I wound up one of those, a "generalizing specialist".
It makes for a non-linear work life, which is challenging, and leads to opportunities less available otherwise. It is never dull.
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