Philip Su, Former Engineer at OpenAI and Meta, Says Early-Career Engineers Should Be Generalists

Philip Su, former engineer at OpenAI and Meta, says early-career engineers should be generalists

Philip Su, not pictured, says there's danger in engineers specializing too early.Maskot/Getty ImagesPhilip Su, a former engineer at OpenAI and Meta, says early-career engineers should be generalists.Specializing means taking on the risk of future redundancy, he said on "The Developing Dev" podcast.It's worth it to "dabble" in different areas before you commit, Su added.Early-career engineers should beware of specializing too soon, said Philip Su…

A former engineer at Meta and OpenAI says there's danger in specializing too early

Philip Su, not pictured, says there's danger in engineers specializing too early. Maskot/Getty Images Philip Su, a former engineer at OpenAI and Meta, says early-career engineers should be generalists. Specializing means taking on the risk of future redundancy, he said on "The Developing Dev"…