JACK of all Trades

A Jack tends to be a person who is pretty good at a lot of different things (Not "all" things!). Perhaps quite good at a few specific areas, but usually not a hardcore expert. Though this hardcore label is relative. The knowledge of many areas often serves to improve ability at individual tasks, making the Jack look hardcore in one area, even though they are not. A main goal is to never lose sight of the big picture, yet  knowing enough details to accomplish a job.

That's how I see it anyway. Here is the: Wikipedia Version.  

SpeciaLIZe

The lie of specialization is that as each of us does more and more narrowly focused jobs -  whether by function, or by industry, we then lose sight of the bigger picture.
We acquire tunnel vision and become shortsighted. Even if the work is more varied, it might only be mental (Office workers) Rather than mental and physical. Vice versa too.

- Besides, doing "one thing" over and over is BORING! Is it not? -

Our economic system encourages people to specialize. You get paid more money the better you are at one specific job in some (most?) industries. Whether super high profile and pay like sports athletes, or low profile ones like office based jobs.
Some exceptions...but based on my observation.

The system has even placed a few nations into a bind when they overspecialized on one or two exports. When there was a bump in demand - or supply - things got a bit ugly.

It even extends to ways of non-working living.  Some people find it very difficult to stay at anything below X# of star rated hotels.  When I travel, I stay at a mix of youth hostels, camping,  people's homes (Which I should do more of),  cheap hotels, and 1 to 5 star hotels.
I get a varied perspective / state of mind.

...and it has applied to "religions" too....hmm...fanatics? Fanatics aren't always the killing type.

King
BAD

Ace
BAD

Queen
BAD

Wayne's Jack profile

DEgree: BA Business, International Business focus - top 15 ranked school in specialty. (Don't think it was so high when I went there!)

JOB TITLEs:  Newspaper Boy - Landscaper - Retail software / hardware sales - Owner (Small business) - CEO/President of startup (Not funded) - System Consultant (Not really, but that was my title) - Software Configuration management (Sounds fun doesn't it! Very process oriented) - Marketing Manager - Product Manager - Fiction Writer (One unpublished book complete) - Non-Fiction Writer

Hobbies: travel, bicycling, scuba diving (100+ logged dives worldwide - 11 countries - reef, fast drift, warm/cold, liveaboard, shipwreck, cenotes), hiking, city planning, reading - mostly non-fiction, watching - documentaries on a variety of subjects, photography, nutrition, music (Full MIDI setup with quality keyboard) - song writing

The rest - you can figure out if you choose to explore this website.  But, my LIfe is NOT important. It's the message!!!

- So - forget about my Jack profile -