Career Path for the Generalist, Part 1: The Commando
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During Family Medicine Clerkship at Tulane, Dr. Pam Wiseman shared some pithy wisdom which altered my career progression forever: Generalism is a disease. It can be treated, but not cured. In a world of increasing complexity and pressure to specialize in all industries, there remain plenty of us that simply cannot pick one thing to focus on for our lives. While everyone else races to the depths of a field-- learning everything and mastering their slice of the universe, we instead gaze at the whole landscape with wonder and start making sense of it all. We appear to be dilettantes, easily bored, unable to focus, get serious or commit. Secretly, we all wish we could love anything as much as our specialized peers. Many of us have repeatedly tried and failed, so we feel that we are somehow broken. Nothing could be further from the truth.
Career Path for the Generalist, Part 1: The Commando
Career Path for the Generalist, Part 1: The…
Career Path for the Generalist, Part 1: The Commando
During Family Medicine Clerkship at Tulane, Dr. Pam Wiseman shared some pithy wisdom which altered my career progression forever: Generalism is a disease. It can be treated, but not cured. In a world of increasing complexity and pressure to specialize in all industries, there remain plenty of us that simply cannot pick one thing to focus on for our lives. While everyone else races to the depths of a field-- learning everything and mastering their slice of the universe, we instead gaze at the whole landscape with wonder and start making sense of it all. We appear to be dilettantes, easily bored, unable to focus, get serious or commit. Secretly, we all wish we could love anything as much as our specialized peers. Many of us have repeatedly tried and failed, so we feel that we are somehow broken. Nothing could be further from the truth.