Recognising professional loneliness in small teams: when solo builders, managers, and generalists work without emotional support or professional companionship.
The problem is made worse by the fact that finding a community of generalists in your specific context, or even true peers, is much harder than it is for specialists
Reminds me a bit of my own situation. Which has a bit of a different pain point. My peers are senior leaders of other functions: sales, customer success, marketing, etc.
People whom I work with every day are my subordinates. We can work, joke, and go for lunch together. But if need be, I will let them go, because it is my role, and it is part of what managers do.
Oh I relate to a lot of this. And I agree that the generalists are in danger, yet they are so, so needed.
The problem is made worse by the fact that finding a community of generalists in your specific context, or even true peers, is much harder than it is for specialists
I discovered this site the other day: https://generalist.world/start-here/
I haven’t looked into it in detail but it looks interesting.
Reminds me a bit of my own situation. Which has a bit of a different pain point. My peers are senior leaders of other functions: sales, customer success, marketing, etc.
People whom I work with every day are my subordinates. We can work, joke, and go for lunch together. But if need be, I will let them go, because it is my role, and it is part of what managers do.
It sucks.
That’s a great addition! And it sucks, I agree.