Jack of all trades, master of none [closed]

Posted by Rope on Programmers See other posts from Programmers or by Rope
Published on 2012-06-08T14:44:50Z Indexed on 2012/06/08 16:48 UTC
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I've got a question similar to this one: Is looking for code examples constantly a sign of a bad developer? though not entirely.

I got off college 2 years ago and I'm currently struggling with a University study. Most likely I'll have to drop out and start working within the next couple of months.

Now here's the pickle. I have no speciality what so ever.

When I got out of college I had worked with C, C++ and Java. I had had an internship at NEC-Philips and got familiar with C# (.NET) and I taught myself how it worked.

After college I started working with PHP, HTML,SQL, MySQL Javascript and Jquery. I'm currently teaching myself Ruby on Rails and thus Ruby. At my university I also got familiar with MATLAB.

As you can see I've got a broad scope of languages and frameworks I'm familiar with, but none I know inside-out. So I guess this kinda applies to me: "Jack of all trades, master of none.".

I've been looking for jobs and I've noticed that most of them require some years of experience with a certain language and some specifications that apply to that language.

My question is:

How do I pick a speciality? And how do I know if I'll actually enjoy it?

As I've worked with loads of languages how would I be able to tell this is right for me? I don't like being tied down to a specific role and I quite like being a generalist. But in order to make more money I would need a specialisation. How would I pick something that goes against my nature?

Thanks in advance, Rope.

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