Generalists that get through...


As a technologist in a rapidly changing world there is always the tension between attaining and retaining deep knowledge in a particular technology vs "not-so-deep" knowledge across a broad spectrum of technologies.
but I really liked the quote below

Specialisation is short term-success but it is long-term risk; because as soon as the ecosystem becomes destabilised, you're the first candidate to go extinct. It's the generalists that get through... (From: Sabretooth's surprising weak bite)