Depth of specialization to the individual is an interesting question. I suspect that if this was a mature field, we’d have names for distinct subtypes of assistant skillset—like how an android app dev isn’t quite the same as an ios app dev, although often one person can do whichever skillset a situation demands.
I suspect that low-skill candidates would gravitate toward one assistance subtype or another, and lack of skill would show up in their inability to identify which subtype a situation calls for and then adapt to it. But on taskrabbit, we don’t need the same tasker to be good at picking up groceries and also building furniture, as long as we’re clear enough about which task we’re asking for...
Depth of specialization to the individual is an interesting question. I suspect that if this was a mature field, we’d have names for distinct subtypes of assistant skillset—like how an android app dev isn’t quite the same as an ios app dev, although often one person can do whichever skillset a situation demands.
I suspect that low-skill candidates would gravitate toward one assistance subtype or another, and lack of skill would show up in their inability to identify which subtype a situation calls for and then adapt to it. But on taskrabbit, we don’t need the same tasker to be good at picking up groceries and also building furniture, as long as we’re clear enough about which task we’re asking for...