Jack of all trades or Master of none? Yesterday I talked with my friend and we raised up a theme of education, professions and so on. The point was about quality and quantity. What is better, to be a real master in one field or to be width-educated person but not an expert? For example, I speak English, French and a bit German. But I don't know none of these languages well. I can understand what they say me, I can reply or describe something but in fact I do not speak like a bilingual. The other person speaks only in English and he is great. Let's imagine we both pretend for the same position in a company where the required skill is English. I'm sure that an hr man will choose the another one. On the other hand if we travel or talk with foreigners I have more possibilities to find right information. Or another situation. Let's say I'm an ordinary engineer, however I am also not bad in art, biology and sport. And my collegue is f*cking genius in technology! But he knows nothing about other spheres of life. The first one is master of none, but the second one has so-called "corridor knowledges" (I mean narrow mind). What is better at least? P.S. Please give me advises, what parenthesis I can add to this text?