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generalist vs specialist

Yet more on ‘No jobs for generalists’ [1]

August 18, 2012 by Tom Graves

Why is it so hard to prove the value of generalist disciplines such as enterprise-architecture? And what can we do in practice to resolve this challenge? As I see it at present, there are three distinct yet interrelated parts to…

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More on ‘No jobs for generalists’

August 15, 2012 by Tom Graves

Wow… My previous post ‘There are no jobs for generalists‘ certainly touched a nerve: it’s been my most popular post for months, with so far (barely a day later) well over 1,000 reads, and some 35 ReTweets so far on…

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On learning enterprise-architecture

August 6, 2012 by Tom Graves

A few days ago Pradeep (I don’t know his surname, unfortunately) wrote a comment to one of my previous posts, asking for advice on learning enterprise-architecture: I aspire to become a enterprise architect. Not sure if you have written on a…

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