I've noticed there are two career paths in engineering: technical or generalist. Which are you and which would you prefer?

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I don’t know if this is what you meant, but I interpret this one of two ways, which are somewhat related. The first being: technical = subject matter expert and generalist = jack of all trades. The second being: technical = in the weeds engineer and generalist = engineer who coordinates, leads, or manages.

In any case, I would say that I am on a more technical career path. I have very deep knowledge in a specific kind of technology and am an “in the weeds” engineer who loves doing nitty-gritty engineering work.

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I love the technical path but also enjoy the flexibility and leverage that knowing how many things are done (probably not in depth but dangerously enough). that way when I need something done I can tell if they are right or sand bagging.

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