I’ve been stuck in a “do-everything” marketing coordinator role where I touch email, social, events, and reporting, but nothing deeply. For anyone who started as a generalist and then specialized, what finally pushed you to pick a lane, and how did you choose which one?

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This was me. I did pretty much everything you outlined the first 5-6 years of my career. Finally talked to my then-boss about wanting to focus specifically on email and SMS because it was what I was most interested in and provided the biggest ROI to the company. Best career decision I've made. Don't wait on this. Figure out what you enjoy doing most and what you're best and find a way to specialize in it, either at your current employer or somewhere new if they won't allow you to.

I specialized when one channel started absorbing most of my curiosity. The moment I realized I wanted mastery instead of variety, picking a lane got easy.

My skillset defined my more specialized role.

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