Is being a jack of all trades and master of none a boon or a curse?
Well, I think it depends. It depends upon what your goals are and what field
you are in. It's completely based on individual experiences. And I'm here to
share my personal opinion on being a jack of all trades but a master of none,
based on my own experience so far.
First of all, I'm not completely sure if I fit into the definition of
"Jack of All Trades". However, I assume that my kind of situation can
be referred to as a situation of being a jack of all trades but master of none.
Well, I have some fundamental knowledge on a multiple skills but I'm not good
enough at them to make a good living out of any of those skills. And it's kind
of annoying to know the fact that you are good at so many things, yet you can't
make good use of any of your skills.
As a child, I always said I wanted to be an artist whenever teachers
asked what my ambition was. By artist, I meant an artist who could draw and
paint. And I was good at drawing. So, I had no confusion about what I wanted to
become - until I got introduced to a musical instrument: the guitar. I started
learning to play the guitar. And by the time I bought a guitar, I also had a
mini keyboard. And I knew how to play some easy melodies on the keyboard. So, I
would play the instruments and sing. Well, it was not just the instruments I
was interested in. I liked singing very much. And I should mention that I was
not away from childhood ambition too. I still did many drawings.
Well, being enthusiastic about singing, musical instruments and drawing was
already enough to make my mind confused (Well, I forgot to mention that I also
played the flute, and I guess I wasn't too bad at it). It got twisted even more
when I entered the world of computers. First of all, being able to type fast
was so cool. Moreover, I got familiar to graphic design. Being passionate about
art, I found graphic design so intriguing. I could draw anything and create
things I couldn't create with pencil and paper. Furthermore, I grew more
interest for computer technology and I found it fascinating to know how
computer system worked. I learned a little bit of web design and some very
basic stuffs on coding.
