Yesterday, my piece on the glorification of the full-stack employee was published on Model View Culture. While feedback has been largely positive, there has also been a bit of confusion around what I'm trying to say, so to clarify, I'm not knocking generalists. I think both generalists and specialists have their place in the world, but each company should think carefully about what's right for them.
What I AM against, however, is the romanticism and build-up around being a generalist that leads to hubris and sloppy hiring practices. People in tech often seem to have a need to create this mythology around being superior. I'm not totally sure why that is, given that we're already making much more money than most other workers. Can't we let the work speak for itself?