diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 8bdbb37..e3b90c5 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -268,6 +268,15 @@ There are some free books available, including: - Make debugging easier - When working on a team, you should usually ask the question - Shipping cadence matters a lot. Think hard about what will get you shipping quickly and often +- [Expert Generalists](https://martinfowler.com/articles/expert-generalist.html), martinfowler.com, proposes an interesting take on the "T-shaped engineer" + - The Characteristics of an Expert Generalist: Curiosity, Collaborativeness, Customer Focus, Favor Fundamental Knowledge, Blend of Generalist and Specialist Skills, Sympathy for Related Domains + - Assessing Expert Generalists: hiring and career progression + - Growing Expert Generalists: From Tools to Fundamentals + - "Why does our attention keep drifting toward tool expertise? It isn't because people are shortsighted or lazy; it's because the fundamentals are hard to see amid the noise." + - Expert Generalists still need Specialists + - Expert Generalists in the Age of LLMs + - "Similarly to a specialist, an LLM can rapidly answer questions that an Expert Generalist will have when working in a new domain." + - "Rather than looking for “the answer”, they prompt them to generate questions, explaining mechanisms, and providing examples and even tools that help explore the underlying mechanisms of an idea." ## Other general material and list of resources