I'll simply master my jack of all trades and see how that goes.

I find I have an uncanny ability to pick up just about any skill relatively quickly. Generally with a little work I can even get slightly above average. The one major problem is that this particular ability is limited mostly to mimicry. In that I have no creative ability what so ever. I cannot for the life of me actually form a mental image. When I recall a memory of something it usually comes back as words. In short, I'm extremely good at following instructions but find it basically impossible to do anything without instructions or a reference. Every time I attempt to write something I find myself copying the style of the author of the last thing I read. I also tend to almost instantly forget a skill when I no longer use it everyday. This isn't much of a problem since I can pick it back up in under an hour usually.

I'm not sure if you could call me a Jack of all trades but I'd totally give up what I can do for the ability to actually create something original.

It unlocks Jedi.

Er, if you do it in the right order, of course.

Being the very competitive person that I am, I'd have to be a specialist. In whatever I seek to do, I want to be the very best I can be at it.

I think I'll go with specialist because we have WAY too many jacks around here.

I guess we are two of a kind. if i see somebody do something i can mimic them kinda for a while but even then it slowly sinks into the stuff i already know forming a diffrent deal like in bowling i usual bowl strait but if i see some one curve the ball into a strike i can do the same just afterwords after that the two styles try to mix and i end up ruining my good game of bowling Or in art if I am drawling cartoon like sketches then i see a realistic sketch I can draw realistically for a while but then it sinks slowly back into my old style with slight improvements. But where you absolutely get the ability i have to "earn" it in order to keep it and i can come up with my own original ideas (that frequently fall into writers/artiest block T_T)

JoAT FTW. That means you are adaptable, and that's more useful.

Specialists are for twinks.

I'm decently good at a lot of things. I'm not very good at anything. I'm kinda stuck in red mage mode.

Current society is more geared towards the specialist than the jack of all trades, mainly (in my opinion) because a company can employ several specialists to cover a similar range as a jack of all trades, and with more expertise (read: productivity).

Ideally, this is how the process would work. Unfortunately, people have the annoying habit of getting sick and needing time off. If everyone in a company is a specialist, just a few missing people can cripple the company. Basically, it's a trade off between flexibility and productivity.

And again, people can fall into the trap of being over specialized, and have no idea how to adapt to other areas. Which would have a negative impact on productivity.

So, yeah.