T-Shaped Developer
Noun · Hacker Culture
Definitions
A developer with broad competence across multiple areas and deep expertise in one particular domain, visualized as the shape of a T. The concept is used to describe balanced engineering growth that supports both collaboration and specialization.
In plain English: A developer who knows many areas reasonably well and one area very deeply.
Example: "She’s a classic T-shaped developer: broad product sense with deep strength in databases."