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Comment by Hasen Judi on "i am an android developer , i love android and kotlin , but my company ask me to do some .net backend task ,should i do it or should i look for another android job." | Hashnode

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Hasen Judi

Disillusioned Web Developer

Feb 20, 2018

i want to keep an android developer profile and shape it

You want to use your current job to build your resume to apply for your future job? That's not unacceptable but you should keep in mind that it does not reflect well on you to have only one specialization. It's better (professionally) to come across as versatile and able to work on different platforms.

Ramakrishna Joshi

Android Developer

Sep 20, 2018

" It's better (professionally) to come across as versatile and able to work on different platforms. " How does this help?...What should one choose? Being among the top 0-1% in a certain field OR being among the to 10%-1% in multiple fields of expertise simultaneously?

Ramakrishna Joshi Think of it in terms of having options and being fragile. If you specialize into a very narrow field, your career path is very fragile, because guess what, 6 years from now, whatever library/language/framework you spent so much time on is not going to be popular anymore.

Also, you can't be among the top 1% of android developers if you're not also among the top 10% of programmers.

Hasen Judi

Disillusioned Web Developer

Oct 21, 2018