Yup, it also seems to me that, frequently, being a generalist hurts you more than helps you.
In my experience from interacting potential employers, they often time want someone who is an expert at a few very specific things. Which is fine if you're that type of person.
But if you've constantly been in environments where you needed to be more a generalist because the company ran with a very lean dev team, you basically have to know a little bit of everything.
Generalists are most likely more preferred at startups but meh, then you're working awful hours for what is probably not impressive pay.
At that point, it just seems a better use of your time to grow and build your own brand/service/legacy, if you have an interest in that of course.
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Yup, it also seems to me that, frequently, being a generalist hurts you more than helps you.
In my experience from interacting potential employers, they often time want someone who is an expert at a few very specific things. Which is fine if you're that type of person.
But if you've constantly been in environments where you needed to be more a generalist because the company ran with a very lean dev team, you basically have to know a little bit of everything.
Generalists are most likely more preferred at startups but meh, then you're working awful hours for what is probably not impressive pay.
At that point, it just seems a better use of your time to grow and build your own brand/service/legacy, if you have an interest in that of course.