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Discussion on: How do you stay flexible in your career?

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AntonioCS

In theory this is nice, but there is more and more stuff added to both sides. You have a lot of stuff in the backend, from web frameworks, testing frameworks, different software development approaches as you do on the frontend.
In my experience it is always best to have at least 2 devs, one for frontend and one for backend, and you might still want to split the frontend into two more, so that one is fully responsible for the html/css while the other one is responsible for typescript/js part.

In the backend I am not mentioning a Devops/Sysadmin or DBA, but you might need at least a devops. If your DB is complex enough you might want a DBA as well

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shoptechmedia

Right.. that is my challenge.. for example, I love React, but I couldnt practice it much because in my work place, I work on php systems and there is so much that takes away my strength that i dont have extra time after office to pursue it.. the only thing I could think of that would allow me to practice it is perhaps quit my current job for a while.. which is not on my list of things to do right now.. lol

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Karolis

yeah, I wasn't suggesting switching from backend to CSS, but trying out Vue.js and React is usually quite refreshing :)

From devops side, deploying your API server on Kubernetes can also be rewarding :)