Expert Generalists: first three characteristics
As computer systems get more sophisticated we've seen a growing trend to value deep specialists. But we've found that our most effective colleagues have a skill that comes from spanning many specialties. We are thus starting to explicitly recognize this as a first-class skill of “Expert Generalist”. This is the first installment of an article detailing how we think about this skill, starting with the first three characteristics of an Expert Generalist. more…

As computer systems get more sophisticated we've seen a growing trend to value deep specialists. But we've found that our most effective colleagues have a skill that comes from spanning many specialties. We are thus starting to explicitly recognize this as a first-class skill of “Expert Generalist”. This is the first installment of an article detailing how we think about this skill, starting with the first three characteristics of an Expert Generalist.