On June 19, 2025 two separate articles were published which truly touched me

  1. Charity Majors - In praise of Normal Engineers https://charity.wtf/2025/06/19/in-praise-of-normal-engineers/

  2. Martin Fowler - Expert Generalists https://martinfowler.com/articles/expert-generalist.html

The reasons I am highlighting them is that they are bringing to the fore two key challenges that I am facing in my career growth and progression

  1. As a technologist who is very interested in technology service provision at the front lines - working with developers and teams in the trenches, I am a generalist with experience across multiple sectors and facets of the software delivery lifecycle.
  2. The goal is not 10x engineers but 10x engineering teams
  3. The keys to success are:
  4. Found an interesting aligned concept on Polymer Professionals https://www.nathanbroslawsky.com/p/identity-careers-are-over-polymer-professions-are-in/

What are your thoughts on these paradigms