Dave Monnier of Team Cymru talks about the importance of not just specialization of information, but “a broad base of experience or knowledge generally” being the most important guiding principle you should keep in your learning plan. Monnier was a generalist for the first 15 years of his career before specializing, and he recommends the same for you.
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