Mandy: Thinking About Diversification

Is diversification hurting you? I was talking to my friend and he told me that the key to his success was focus. He told me that so many people think “oh I have to diversify” and they end up knowing a little about everything but actually nothing about anything.

I know that in the corporate world, I’ve already been exposed to being a web developer, customer support, operations, quality control, engineering, IT management, marketing and sales (yeah I’ve been busy and not to mention that I’m blogging full time now). If I were to just stick with one field right from the beginning, maybe I could claim to be an expert by now. What do you think? Has diversification affect you?

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