[david38]

This is because people are told to specialize if they want to move up. I’ve known lots of people who wanted to be generalists, but couldn’t get promoted because as soon as you have promotion ladders, the first thing added is “deep expertise” in something narrow.

[valbaca]

Seriously. It's hard just finding a job as a generalist developer, or even a "full-stack web & app developer" without every interviewer asking "so...backend or front-end?"

Me: "Whatever helps bring value to the customer. I've done it all and [gives examples]"

Them: "We have a frontend role and a backend role. Which do you want?"

"Neither. Bye"

[ASalazarMX]

I consider myself a generalist, and if I had to choose, it would be backend. It's more low level and fun, and honestly, I'm not a great designer. The point of being a generalist is that you can adapt to more places.