[theoldgit]

I tend to agree. I have been working in IT for 48 years and it is not at all uncommon to come across developers who have a very narrow and niche view of software development. I have had the privilege to work with a wide range of architects and senior engineers over the years and I have found that the ones who tended to be the most creative (solution wise) were the ones who had deep knowledge right from the bottom of the stack all the way to the top - they did not look at a problem through the lens of a specific language (they all knew multiple languages) - when I have hired for senior positions, unless its been for a very specific skill set, experienced generalists have tended to impress more