To be a 'T-shaped person' is an analogy of what a person's skills would look like if drawn on a graph. A 'T' has two parts - the long vertical bar and the cross horizontal bar.
The vertical bar represents one or two skills that you are very good at. Maybe programming, or marketing, or welding. The Y-axis signifies that the skill "goes deep," or that you are very good at that skill.
The horizontal bar represents a wide variety of skills that you aren't as good at. Maybe things like baking, sales, auto mechanic. The X-axis signifies that the skills aren't very deep, but you are passably decent at communicating about them.
To be T-shaped is to say that you have both a deep expertise in one or two areas, but are also competent in many others. This allows you to be the go-to resource for what you're an expert in, but also valuable in a cross functional team.
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