--- title: Blog | MetroStar | Career Growth (2) description: Career Growth | MetroStar's Blog is a gateway to insights, ideas, and discoveries from the perspective of innovators within our company that power change. 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Text reads: Being a Generalist, Specialist, or Explorer: Which is Better to Build a Career?](https://blog.metrostar.com/hubfs/MockIT_jason-blog-2%20(1).jpg)](https://blog.metrostar.com/generalist-specialist-or-explorer-career) ## [Generalist, Specialist, or Explorer: Which is Better to Build a Career?](https://blog.metrostar.com/generalist-specialist-or-explorer-career) 4 MIN READ |  06/23/2022 [![Mock IT design leadership podcast episode ](https://blog.metrostar.com/hubfs/MicrosoftTeams-image%20(57).png)](https://blog.metrostar.com/mock-it-design-leadership) ## [Mock IT: Approaching Design Leadership](https://blog.metrostar.com/mock-it-design-leadership) 2 MIN READ |  12/30/2021 [![Program Manager Scott's purple illustration ](https://blog.metrostar.com/hubfs/MicrosoftTeams-image%20(52)-2.png)](https://blog.metrostar.com/-program-managers-higher-education-government) ## [A Program Manager's Transition from Higher Education to Government](https://blog.metrostar.com/-program-managers-higher-education-government) 2 MIN READ |  12/22/2021 [![Purple graphic of principal UX designer Elisha Hardy who works in Bloomngton Indiana. ](https://blog.metrostar.com/hubfs/positive-impacts-featured_elisha-03.jpg)](https://blog.metrostar.com/principal-ux-architect-climate-change) ## [Principal UX Architect Creates Designs to Tackle Climate Change](https://blog.metrostar.com/principal-ux-architect-climate-change) 3 MIN READ |  12/08/2021 [![A screenshot from The Mill's Sprint Week Cyber Challenge.](https://blog.metrostar.com/hubfs/MicrosoftTeams-image%20(4).png)](https://blog.metrostar.com/cybersecurity-challenge) ## [Indiana Students and Professionals Tackle Cybersecurity Challenge](https://blog.metrostar.com/cybersecurity-challenge) 9 MIN READ |  10/21/2021 [![Headshot of UX Designer, Bree, interning with MetroStar. 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