I'm Not an Impostor — I'm a Generalist
General ·I’m not an impostor anymore. Time to admit it: I’m a generalist. I know and can do a lot of different things across many areas. I don’t want to study how the memory allocator is designed in the Chromium engine. And I love that about myself. I do what I want.
Over the course of my life, I’ve managed to be:
- handyman
- hookah master
- gas station attendant
- casino dealer
- sysadmin / IT support guy
- tech support operator
- pastry cook
- plumber
- electrician
- DJ
- musician
- party freak
- psychonaut
- radio host
- gamer
- streamer
- trader
- photographer
- videographer
- snowboarder
- boulderer
- tourist
- surfer
- airsoft player
- internet provider
- electronics engineer
- SEO specialist
- designer
- 3D artist
- webmaster
- backend developer
- frontend developer
- product owner
- conference speaker
- founder
- FPV drone operator
- blogger
- TikToker, finally
Different levels of involvement, of course. Some at an amateur level, some professionally for a paycheck. I could tell a story about every single one.
I’m not planning to stop. I wish everyone to do whatever they want without shame or fear. Try more different things, expand your horizons. Broad horizons are one of the most important investments in your future.
You can become an ace pilot, or you can become an aerial planet and be sure it’ll pass the textbook exam.