Question Guy (6/2/2011)
Ya, I had to get out of being a jack-of-all trades. It was great to learn a bunch of different stuff of course, but the problem was, I learned that the VAST majority of jobs were looking for specialists in .NET or SQL or a network engineer, and a minimal amount were looking for people who could do both or all 3. (But the ones that did typically had the higher pay rate). Oh, and it was a pain to get certified in numerous languages/platforms, and people still expected that you were a true expert in all. I just like having the title of DBA now with the understood expectation that this is my area of expertise, although, in reality, 80% of my job is probably .NET or SharePoint development related. At least I'm not required to get certified in those on my own time.
Being a Jack-Of-All is useful for landing a short term gig when one is between honeypots. If one can code ASP.NET, SYSADMIN SQL Server, and QA your own work, while being proficient enough to get the job done without major problems, then that really improves one's chances of landing a gig. However, you're correct that most of these jobs are not something one would want to keep long term.
"Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho