Jul 21
These days we all need to be generalists. Seth Godin flies the flag for the old fashioned expert.
As the deluge of information grows and choices continue to widen (there’s no way I could even attempt to cover science fiction from scratch today, for example), it’s easy to forget the benefits of acquiring this sort of (mostly) complete understanding in a field. I’m not even sure it matters which field you pick.
Expertise is a posture as much as it is a volume of knowledge.
With so many tools available to techies now, most of us need a shallow and ever changing understanding of a wide range of tools. Seth Godin reminds us that sometimes it’s worth putting in the hard work to become an expert.
Doing the work required to become an expert pays off even if you choose a redundant field.
