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Discussion on: Frontend developers, do you want to transition to fullstack? Why?

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Aivan Monceller • Edited

I was a fullstack developer during the monolithic age. Your client/employer will let you do just about anything and everything they could think of. I also moved up and down the stack a couple of times. Now I am convinced to finally settle working on the frontend.

To the end user, the user interface is the system. Thus, I get more satisfaction on the work I do on the frontend. I don't think that being fullstack is appropriate in this day and age where systems are moving away from the monolithic setup.

However, I would still like to work on fullstack Javascript/Typescript technologies.

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Ilona Codes

You are a user-centric developer! It's great πŸ˜ƒespecially if you are doing front end currently. I also think that TypeScript is a trend in 2019 and it's worth to learn it to control the types in JavaScript on the front end and back end.

Sometimes though, to be user-centric is not only about UI/UX but also about the value that the user gets. Quite often there is a ton of user value to gain on the backend side.

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Aivan Monceller • Edited

You are a user-centric developer!

I like that term. Indeed, I just realized that I am.

Quite often there is a ton of user value to gain on the backend side.

I agree, it depends on which product you are working on and who are your product owners.