[kqr]

Some of this might be because specialists are perceived to need less on-boarding, and it's very easy to overestimate the cost of on-boarding.

Once fully on board, I think many would agree the generalist is desirable.

Another factor is, as someone else pointed out, that there's a huge difference between "learned, skilled generalist" and "inexperienced who hasn't yet learned much" and both characters may go by the generalist name.

[mxuribe]

All good points!