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In my previous job, I was a data scientist at a start up company, and developed skillsets in a few areas, mostly by working as a technical lead on projects by myself. When the time came for my next role, the most important advice I got was to take the time to figure out what I want to do next, based on the skills I had.

Given that, I ended up applying to jobs that satisfied two criteria. 1) I'd be on a good technical team, and not working as a sole developer on a project 2) The company has a great learning opportunities and mentorship.

From my experience, "jack of all trades" usually just means "all the things we need, at company X, right now", and one "jack of all trades" or multi-skilled position may not overlap with another, it's entirely context dependent. Thus, these positions tend to evolve from something else in smaller, less structured companies, and one option for you would be just trying to join a similar company!



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