I've been in this game professionally since before the terms 'backend', 'frontend', and 'full-stack' even existed. Everyone used to do a bit of everything (server, webserver, database, front end, back end, desktop apps, system utilities, etc.)
I've been writing code for 38 years, and doing it as a job for about 26. I just consider myself a developer. It's really best to not pigeonhole yourself. Learn and practice anything you find interesting - financial or career advancement should not be your goal/motivation.
It's testament to either: the declining skills of developers, or to the explosion of over-complexity that has gradually taken over and plagued our industry - that these roles have come into existence. I suspect the latter.
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I've been in this game professionally since before the terms 'backend', 'frontend', and 'full-stack' even existed. Everyone used to do a bit of everything (server, webserver, database, front end, back end, desktop apps, system utilities, etc.)
I've been writing code for 38 years, and doing it as a job for about 26. I just consider myself a developer. It's really best to not pigeonhole yourself. Learn and practice anything you find interesting - financial or career advancement should not be your goal/motivation.
It's testament to either: the declining skills of developers, or to the explosion of over-complexity that has gradually taken over and plagued our industry - that these roles have come into existence. I suspect the latter.