No one fuckin' cares about Generalizing Specialist Developer.
Everyone wants Specialist Developer!

Can't you choose to be Jack of some trade with Specialist in one amongst it?

How many of you folks here consider yourself specialist in a certain area? Was this deliberate, and has it paid off? My lead dev is always trying to bestow upon me the advantages of being a generalist in this industry, and yet the employers I have spoken to, on the whole, seem to get most excited by “experts”. If it fits the expert they, want, of course...

I have used a lot of different languages and built solutions or solved problems that others can't. I am to be able to pick up new things quickly and start using them.

Does that make me a generalist or a specialist (in problem solving)?