About this block

Specialists Vs Generalist sets a hiring roster of four priced specialists beside my single generalist panel. The specialist side totals a combined day rate and names the coordination overhead nobody quotes for, while my side runs a three dot coverage meter across the same four disciplines, one row admitting a specialist would beat me.

The two panels render from separate arrays, specialists with role, rate, and note, and coverage with discipline, level, and note driving a small dot meter. The distinctive choice is rating my own depth honestly, including the weak spots, so the generalist case rests on total cost and one head rather than pretending to match every specialist.

When to use

Reach for this block on a services or about page when clients weigh assembling a specialist team against hiring one broad person. Pricing both rosters, coordination cost included, turns a vague breadth claim into a number they can act on. The installer swaps in their own disciplines, rates, and honest coverage levels.

A natural flow around it on a Portfolio Pro page:

Before

• Freelance vs agency

After

• Skills list
• Contact section

What you can display

One strong use is a generalist justifying breadth against a team of specialists. Other coverage layouts:

• Depth meter. Rate yourself across disciplines and let the honest gaps do the selling.
• Total cost. Add the coordination overhead a multi hire roster hides from the quote.
• One head, one contract. Frame the case around continuity rather than matching every specialty.

Tip: rate your weak spots low on purpose. A coverage meter that reads deep everywhere is not credible, and the honest gap is what makes the strong rows believable.