This might be true for other workers. The push to be seen as a generalist is mostly the push to be able to successfully manoeuvre in a role.
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The ability to afford your adaption to the market.
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I know what I want, but is it truly cheaper to buy it through subterfuge?
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I sell the skills of a "full-stack engineer" - not because there is no natural specialism, but because (1) I wish to create on my own behalf
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and those skills are expensive (I need to own them if I require them), and (2) I cannot predict the ups and downs of the market: so wish to
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future-proof my position with the ability to signal a broader range of skills.
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I sell my work as a contractor/freelancer because time is much more valuable than money to a worker that wishes to buy their own skill set.
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I learnt to build not so that I could buy/sell this trade, but in order that I could actualise creativity.
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I have almost zero interest in sacrificing all of my time for social belonging and status at a company.
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I have, at this point in my life, almost zero interest in sacrificing all of my time for lots of money, decadence, security or holiday.
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I want time to create.
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@sebinsua I completely empathize with how you're feeling about this.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
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