[happytoexplain]

My perception is that the vast majority of employers are lacking either the will or the experience to recognize skilled developers and the value of their skill. In other words, skill depth is borderline meaningless in job-hunting, as opposed to skill breadth. Do you think that perception is exaggerated/pessimistic?

[willsmith72]

Skill depth is hard to test in an interview, and arguably less valuable in the long run for an organisation than other skills (communication, learns quickly, takes ownership etc.).

Skill can be taught

[joshxyz]

i think of it as being a character with stats

having depth in technical skill is maxing out one stat

but there are more stats

- how you communicate, persuade, negotiate, and sell ideas

- how you work with the team, how you navigate office politics

- how you meet your kpi's, how relative your efforts are in capturing business value for the company

sometimes it's not our technical skills that determine our satisfaction and dissatisfaction.

personally i enjoy my technical skills more when i work on my personal projects. pure enjoyment lol.