Calcado describes his wish that the candidates be "more T-shaped", and not just worker bees with narrow skills. But I see no mention of ways his more successful hires "branched out" and expressed wider interests or capabilities, presumably in in domains outside computing.
Here, do the T branches apply only within computing, like knowing more than one software tool? If so, I think that's not what Tim Brown meant.
Presumably an interview seeking signs of "T-branching" would propose higher level questions, like business acumen or domain curiosity or spontaneous Q&A to better understand or elaborate the requirements needed to solve a representative problem. Otherwise the "T" just equates to broad software skills.
Here, do the T branches apply only within computing, like knowing more than one software tool? If so, I think that's not what Tim Brown meant.
Presumably an interview seeking signs of "T-branching" would propose higher level questions, like business acumen or domain curiosity or spontaneous Q&A to better understand or elaborate the requirements needed to solve a representative problem. Otherwise the "T" just equates to broad software skills.