Ask HN: When or if to specialize?

The answer is almost always "it depends". But that isnt helpful :). What are your goals? Work backwards from there and see what skills you'll need to get there. If you want to continue to operating as an individual contributor with some responsibilities of mentoring juniors in your technical field, you'll be better off specializing. On the other hand, if you're looking to move to a management role, where you expect to lead teams and job families that aren't close to your job function, you might want a good blend of skills that'll allow you to lead them confidently. Shameless plug - I also coincidentally wrote about this topic in my personal blog here: https://leadershiptales.substack.com/p/beat-the-luck-factor-.... It might help you advance your thinking process.

If you are uneasy with your career, go for the biggest opportunity that you can find. Trying to plan and manage a career based on reason is often not that practical. It's with good reason that the words career and careen are so similar. A career can look like a cannon ball careening through life bouncing of this and that with no clear direction. Go for the big opportunity and keep pushing for something better.

You’re still pretty young. Try specializing for a few years. If it doesn’t work out, go back to something more general.

do something outside. its nice outside