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Discussion on: Explain full stack developer to me like I'm five

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Alex Hadjivarnava

I don't think a "full stack" developer exists now. Traditionally full stack was front end/client side and backend/serverside. Now with AWS/GCP/Cloud Services/Serverless hosting, Docker and Kubernetes, async messaging, etc you cannot simply be full stack and have deep knowledge of each technology as the information and knowledge needed is huge for a single developer to hold.

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Jakob Attkinson

I've seen a bunch of people considering / labeling themselves as "full stack devs" with less- or around one year of professional experience.

I've seen companies looking for full stack devs, people that are not seniors (thus costing less), but what they actually want is someone that could jump between front-end and back-end as needed.