Should you hire generalists or specialists?

Whether to hire generalists or specialists, promoting from within versus hiring experience.

Axis: hire generalists and promote from within … hire experienced specialists

Answers by date: 2 records in 1 source, newest first; the answers above are the current ones. The advice was refined (2023), never reversed, in these records.

date	who	answer	source
2023-03-22	Ali	Rather than hire someone with ten years of experience running a team, Ali let Angus, with none, become general manager: he wants a business that promotes from within, with a growth mindset and levelling up.	Why I Have 12 Full-Time Employees (as a YouTuber) 00:18:33
2023-03-22	Ali	Ali's team skews generalist rather than specialist; he first hired generalists by accident, being one himself, and later on purpose.	Why I Have 12 Full-Time Employees (as a YouTuber) 00:18:03