Jack of all trades or master of few?

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Well...

Jack of all, master of none
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47%
Master of few
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16%
Too general, i'm a little of both
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37%
 
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alex.barylski
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Jack of all trades or master of few?

Post by alex.barylski »

Just curious, as a developer or personality in general, do you consider yourself a master of few or jack of all trades???
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Benjamin
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Post by Benjamin »

Jack of all, master of none, yet..
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Post by MrPotatoes »

call me jack. but inthe programming landscape you kinda hafta be a Jack of all Trades now adays. thankfully it's easy to grasp a new language :D
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Post by RobertGonzalez »

I'm a jackmaster. Or is that a master of jack? Hmm...
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Post by alex.barylski »

Interesting...I figured that most developers would say their specialists...
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Jack of all Trades, master of many. :)
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Post by alex.barylski »

feyd wrote:Jack of all Trades, master of many. :)
Thats what I say :P
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Post by Bill H »

Jack of few trades, master of none of them.
Pretty good at some of them, quite good actually, but not master.
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Post by shiznatix »

im a jack of many, master at a few. at least i like to think so :P
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