[IxDA Discuss] Now Hiring Leonardo DaVinci?

[Peter Boersma]

Jared M. Spool said [on generalists vs specialists]:
> The local economy will dictate which you get to hire.
>
> It seems unfair to me to judge an organization who can only afford
> generalists as being unrealistic or unpractical.

I'd like to argue that especially in the case of UX practitioners, some
degree of generalism, combined with a deep specialism, is required (as
explained in my T-model[1]).

Of course Jared knew I'd say this, since his article[2] makes the difference
between specialist and compartimentalist, but not everyone does...

[1] http://www.peterboersma.com/blog/2004/11/t-model-big-ia-is-now-ux.html
[2] http://www.uie.com/brainsparks/2006/09/08/specialists-vs-generalists/

Peter
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