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Subject:Re: Versatility - how much is a good thing? From:kimber_hebert -at- ACS-INC -dot- COM Date:Tue, 17 Aug 1999 10:56:23 -0500
<big snip>
..they're already weeks overdue
by the time I receive them. Will "jack of all trades, master of none"
experience
be a help or a hindrance at future positions? Am I correct in thinking most
writers are more specialized? The company is extremely unstable, it's
definitely
time for me to investigate future possibilities.
This is what I picked out as the pea under all the mattresses: it sounds
like
it's not the variety necessarily that's disconcerting, but the chaos that
the
variety represents.
Certainly memos, reports and other such internal documentation should be
fended
off. But the other assignments could be wonderful experience if you want to
be a
"generalist," terrible if you want to be a specialist.
That said, I return to the stability issue: is it the variety of tasks or
the
craziness of the environment that generates them that's making you
uncomfortable? You didn't say that you were wanting to specialize, so maybe
varied technical assignments appeal to you-but it an environment that's
professional and stable.
Kimber Hebert
Affiliated Computer Services
Dallas, Texas
kimber_hebert -at- acs-inc -dot- com
