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The Decline of the IT Generalist
By Martin Schaeferle | April 08, 2013
Back in the good old days - say, 20 years ago - many small companies had what was considered an "IT generalist." They pretty much did everything. They set up and managed the e-mail, fixed computers, kept an eye on the network, and managed small projects.
They were, of course, "the IT guy." And even in companies with larger IT staffs, many of the IT workers had a hand in all different types of technology. They even dabbled in programming; it wasn't abnormal for IT workers to be mildly proficient in Windows, Cisco, Perl, etc.
Well, now we're approaching the age of "specialists." Many companies have a separate "expert" in network management, help desk, project management, etc. And this trend is particularly acute in the programming world. The list of languages, of course, is a long one: Java, VB, C#, Ruby, Python, etc.
More and more companies are looking for language-specific specialists, and that's good news for job seekers. Check out our Java, C#, or Visual C# tutorials and become a "specialist."
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