Skill Stacking, Part 1: Handymen Will Inherit the Earth

Dilbert and South Park offer a glimpse of the future

There’s a debate over the best way to achieve career success: Should you become great at one thing or good at multiple things? The first strategy is obvious — get a Ph.D. in a useful subject and do that one thing better than almost anyone else. But the second strategy — known as “skill stacking” — requires some explanation. How, exactly, would being so-…