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Discussion on: Who's the Better Hire? - Jack of All Trades OR Master of One

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Jubril Abdulsalam

one of my mentors used to say, "you should know something about everything, and know everything about something"

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Tina Huynh

I absolutely love that! What a wonderful mentor

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Ethan

Nice quote!

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Ada Powers

Perfectly put!

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Bill C

I've heard this described as being T shaped: You've got a lot of depth in one place, and coverage of a lot of places.

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peerreynders

The smaller the team the more likely you're going to have to be comb-shaped.