I’m early in my career and trying to decide whether to specialize in one area like cloud or stay broad across different strategy projects. Right now I touch a bit of everything but don’t go deep anywhere. Does going broad early actually hurt you later?

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I see more impact in going special early hurting you later.
It will probably occur to you after a few years what will be a safe bet to specialise in. Doing a mix of small and bigger projects in different industries and technologies at the start seems the most valuable exposure to me.

In strategy, maybe a first specialisation is already the focus on technology, while others specialise in corporate Finance, Operations, ...

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