Specialization vs. Generalist debate
I'm in business strategy and majorly worked across different startups
When looking for a new role, HRs tell me they are looking for specialized experience, or my experiences do not count as they are less than 2 years (in each company)
I like being a generalist, I have learnt much more than I think I would have in a specialist role
What do you guys think?
I have 4YOE, currently in a seed stage startup
Hey First off, when you say generalist, you are talking about industry and not functional right? because strategy across different industry/verticals counts as strategy function. however if u have done a mix of functions, strategy ops marketing etc then it is a generalist profile. should clear that first.
Hi @Baingan Yes, I have worked across ops marketing, very briefly in finance (startup was too small) Strategy is vast and covers a lot of domains, with each industry it differs even further
@Pillow so I haved worked in core strategy in a corp and startup and I have run a P&L. strategy after a point of time will become a hard role to optimise for. P&L roles show more growth. the right play typically is to try P&L roles as soon as possible. for strategy folks, roles like category planning/category marketing in ecomms/d2c is a good entry point.