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So I've been seeing a few articles talking about Specialist vs. Generalist in the computer world. I was wondering where most people on the forum might place their selves?

The logic in most articles is specialists get paid the highest, but often do the same things over and over (so pick a specialty you enjoy). They are also saying many companies are doing away with generalist positions and just hiring specialist for each job. I would think that would not work for many small businesses. Wouldn't small business be the place for a generalist, probably backed up by a hired gun when needed?

I am a generalist looking to become a specialist.

Specialist.

I'm a Documentation Architect. Find two of me .. just try.

is that a job where you can't talk about it, or a job of coming up with new ideas for documentation storage/organization? a very interesting job title, i must say, though.

There's no such thing as two of you, but I did find another person with the same title: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/stephen-m-gilson/1/906/2b3

In a nutshell, it is documentation organization .. finding efficient ways to organzise a library of information so that it is publishable in multiple formats. Includes defining document structures and types, publishing, content and revision management.

Interesting stuff, if you like to combine the problem-solving of programming with documentation.

This part of his resume is similar to mine:


This part annoys me, because it isn't Doc Architecture:



That is a combination of writing for social media, single-sourced tech writing and old-school technical writing. It sounds to me as though he likes the title and took it.

But I'm an elitist bastard.

Oh, and he is an Adobe whore, so he can suck it.

What do you like to use over adobe?

For publishing, MadCap Flare and related MadCap products.

For authoring and design, xMetal.