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Discussion on: How to Get Out of (or Completely Avoid) the Tutorial Trap

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Neenus Gabriel

a question for you and any other experienced devs out there! I'm also in the same boat of tutorial hell and I found out that I don't like front end development much... I don't mind working on front end if there is a ready design for it but I don't like the design aspect of it since I'm not a designer; I enjoy backend and full-stack projects that does not require designing front end; and on multiple occasions I've been told to start a career in backend I will have to go through front end first and I just want to know if that statement is true ... I'm definitely not a wizard with backend but I'm learning and I always find myself trying to learn front-end just because there is that voice in the back of my head telling me that's where I have to start!!

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Max Ong Zong Bao

Just remember you eat a elephant one bite at a time. Learn backend development and use frontend templates from CreativeTim to overcome your lack of understanding and reduce your time in building the frontend. You can always pick it up later when you need it.

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Neenus Gabriel

Thanks Max I like the elephant analogy 😁

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Andrew Lundy

Hello Neenus, this is a great question. In my opinion, it doesn't matter.

If you like backend, then go all-in on backend. From what I understand, fullstack will always involve frontend, as fullstack = frontend + backend. Go with what you enjoy more and what you're naturally inclined to.