[FRIAM] !RE: A million tech jobs unfilled

[Marcus Daniels]

Eric writes:

“Polymaths would presumably be more crucial to a personnel-strapped organization.”

I’d discriminate between polymaths and generalists.  Generalists are able to move from field to field and contribute in significant ways.  Polymaths don’t need to specialize because they just don’t have bandwidth limitations.  Being a generalist is hard work, and organizations of the kind you describe are wise to study how works actually gets done.  Unfortunately, a motivated generalist may be forced to pretend to be specialist to get into a job.

Marcus

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