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> Learn more of the entire stack, especially the backend, and devops.

I actually wonder about this. Is it better to gain some relatively mediocre experience at lots of things? AI seems to be pretty good at lots of things.

Or would it be better to develop deep expertise in a few things? Areas where even smart AI with reasoning still can get tripped up.

Trying to broaden your base of expertise seems like it’s always a good idea, but when AI can slurp the whole internet in a single gulp, maybe it isn’t the best allocation of your limited human training cycles.




I was advised to be T shaped, wide reach + one narrow domain you can really nail.


I’ve never heard it to be called T shaped before, but I like it!




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