I’ve been doing Software Engineering for over 20 years, all over the stack. I say that makes me a #generalist, but practically speaking I’ve been doing the dev side of #DevOps for a while now.
When you've worn a bunch of hats and had a career that spans lots of different interests, describing what you do can be tough. Here's how I'm thinking about it. https://werd.io/2023/in-defense-of-being-unfocused
@ben I’m constantly trying to boil down a long work history and a diverse set of experiences/abilities into bumper stickers and bullets. I keep running into the basic human need for something familiar, like a recognizable job title. And for measurable results when so much work is via influence or indirect. A #generalist with #reach and #breadth isn’t a natural fit for staffing pipelines but maybe for search results?
I'm Ben - I was at @bentasker but have now moved to @ben
I'm a #techie and a #generalist. I do best when I'm tearing stuff apart to work out how to fix (or break) it. I occasionally write about #infosec as a result.
I write at bentasker.co.uk about various topics, gradually building up an archive of #documentation covering a range of things, but mostly around #Linux and #software development