T-Shaped

Why T-shaped people? (2018)

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As opposed to an expert in one thing (I-shaped) or a “jack of all trades, master of none” generalist, a “t-shaped person” is an expert in at least one thing but also somewhat capable in many other things. Alternate phrases … Read more

T-Shaped People and Academia

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Being on the lookout for recruiting new students for my new research group, I wanted to distil some of my observations into textual form. This post deals with my impression that academia is doing a disservice to ‘T-shaped persons,’ i.e. … Read more