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Nick Taylor

Front-end engineer. This is the title in my contract, so this is what I display on LinkedIn. I don't like the engineer part because although I have a CS degree, I do not have an engineering degree. I'm literally not an engineer. So usually I just tell people I'm just a dev or web developer.

Having said that, that's my title because I work on the front-end of our product (React/Redux, TypeScript, HTML/CSS), but we also do node on the back end for some things (small rest APIs). I'm also starting to become familiar with Docker/K8s. Maybe I shoud become a "digital developer" like Geoff.

“Digital Developer” because I fought to get a promotion and leave my old title of “Jr. Digital Developer” ;)

At the agency I work at, devs go by "Digital" developer versus "Frontend"/"Web"/"Backend" mostly because most of us work across the stack, and even into traditional DevOps and/or Database admin territory.