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If someone were to call you a "full stack" developer, would that feel like a complement or an insult? (lemmy.sdf.org)

submitted 7 months ago by xia@lemmy.sdf.org to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I know managers love that term, but I think I've come to hear it as an insult... Sorta like being called an unprofessional "jack of all trades" budget handyman that does everything mediocre...

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[–] aaaa@lemmy.world 7 points 7 months ago

I couldn't imagine tying myself to a single category for my whole career.

I've done front end, back end, database, web, Windows, and Linux development. If the job calls for learning something new, I'm on it. These days I'm making datacenter software for admins to use to manage their distributed applications. Before this, I was doing the same thing for factory automation at the edge.

Specializing has its value, but the more flexible you can be, the more useful you will be when the landscape changes and your boss suddenly asks you to set up an AI system or something.