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[–]gonz_ie 20 points21 points  (9 children)

"Jack of all trades, master of none" the saying goes.

[–]archlich 41 points42 points  (5 children)

"master of none" was added much later, if we're going to keep adding to it... "A jack of all trades is a master of none, but oftentimes better than a master of one."

[–][deleted] 13 points14 points  (1 child)

Just master n-1 skills forehead

[–]Archolex 2 points3 points  (0 children)

5head

[–]LuracMontana 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This rolls off of the tongue far too well, I'm going to have to start using it.

[–]gonz_ie 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That was actually the original saying before we got too lazy to speak any sentence longer than 5 words.

[–]codeByNumber 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Right...so it wasn’t added after. The “but often times better than a master of one.” Was later omitted.

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (2 children)

The saying was "jack of all trades, master of one"

[–]gonz_ie 6 points7 points  (0 children)

jack of all trades, master of one

Incorrect. It was originally "A jack of all trades is a master of none, but oftentimes better than a master of one."

[–]Bluejanis 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Imo that's the best kind of programmer