The only constant is change. Sometimes, change is slow and unnoticed, until it eventually becomes clear and obvious. A good example would be the training of our trades. Intent and focus of training changes with generations. One generation focused on skills and one generation focused on production. I can remember the height of this era. Trade workers were specialized with limited skill development. I remember workers who excelled at a single task but failed to be a true journeymen. (An example is when a plaster pump expert was put on my finish crew. To my shock, he was not capable to even take the mortar from the hawk with his trowel. I remember thinking this is not good for him and potentially a problem for the trade.)
Today, it seems the pendulum has swung in a new direction. I see training programs that seem to be focused on making a worker capable to be a universal worker. I am stuck remembering the phrase, “Jack of all trades; master of none.” Is this a good thing or potentially problematic? I can understand employers wanting a universal worker who can hang doors, tape drywall and then be sent to apply plaster.