:lol:  :lol:  Job advice from someone without a job...  :nana:  That's like getting marital advice from a priest...   :lol:  :lol:

Specialization means you can only do one thing and you'll have a harder time finding a job.  When you're young, fresh out of school, and looking for a good job you need to know a little about a lot...  Knowing nothing about something they want you to know about is a very bad thing.  If you specialize in something that a company doesn't want, then you're not getting hired.

I've missed out on jobs because I didn't know about a specific thing...  I was IN until I said that I knew nothing about a certain programming language.  EVEN THOUGH I knew two others...   :dunno:

But...  I guess you could specialize in something and hope it doesn't go away.   :dunno:   :lol:

Not exactly asswipe...  More like advice on women from Hugh Heffner.

I've been there, remember, I'm not a young know-nothing punk like yourself.

See, with your attitude you will always be "just another dork" out looking for whatever they can get.  The donkey in the crown yelling "pick me...pick me".

My advice will have the companies who need his special skills HUNTING HIM DOWN and paying richly.

Specialize and be the BEST.  THAT is the way you win.  Pick ONE language and MASTER it.  But, you better move to India if you want a job programming.

Or, better yet, know people in high places to get you in.

Joe, to take your new analogy to it's logical application it would mean that you've had hundreds of jobs.  Hef had hundreds of women after all.

Since I work in IT and have for several years, I would have to agree with the earlier statements to start off diversified, THEN specialize after you're in.  You need the diversity to get in the door.  After you start working in the field, you can specialize in something you have an affinity for.  Even then your specialization needs to stay a bit wide as technologies and hardware change so fast.

I am a desktop support technician, but I am now specializing in web technologies as I enjoy web design.

Quote from: ConanLloydstart off diversified, THEN specialize after you're in.  You need the diversity to get in the door.  After you start working in the field, you can specialize in something you have an affinity for.  Even then your specialization needs to stay a bit wide as technologies and hardware change so fast.

Yup!  

But... Back in the old days (when Joeracist was in the job market), it paid to be overspecialized...  But, all those poor f$%@ers are retraining now because fortran is OLD.   :lol:

Quote from: joerockerBut, you better move to India if you want a job programming.

Wow...  You finally said something I agree with...

Now...  Who can we thank for all this outsourcing? :nana:

I agree with Conan.  I've been in IT for a number of years now.  From Tech. Training to every other aspect.  I'm an IT manager.  Our systems run from NT4 to RedHat and everything between.  Learn everything you can then specialize.  Will help beat your competition.