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Are dilettantes always a bad thing? (lemmy.world)

submitted 11 months ago by cheese_greater@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I feel like this describes me a lot but I also feel like it gives me a broad and eclectic knowledgebase that my employment has nothing to do with and has no mutual relevance to

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[–] Ziggurat@sh.itjust.works 10 points 11 months ago (2 children)

The trick is to use the Generalist term rather than dilletante it sounds more prestigious

[–] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

I specialize in generalities ;)

[–] CallumWells@lemmy.ml 2 points 11 months ago

Except dilettante and generalist aren't synonyms. A generalist will have a broad base of things they'll want to have some actual knowledge in, a dilettante (yes, it only has one l) wouldn't necessarily have more than one area they have a superficial interest in.