Hey! I'm Dan!
I have been coding professionally for over 10 years and have had an interest in cybersecurity for equally as long!
I love learning new stuff and helping others
Location
Brighton / London, UK
Education
Edinburgh Napier (Postgrad Cert Advanced Security & Digital Forensics)
It's a pretty interesting piece, thanks. I would argue that there are full stack developers, however probably not as many as we think there are.
For me a full stack developer is someone that can can produce accessible HTML, wonderful CSS, great Javascript, have a good knowledge of backend systems, and also can write DevOps scripts. i.e they can work on the whole stack.
I have worked with people like this and they are truly awesome, but they themselves would pull a funny face at the thought of being considered a "full stack developer", they just see it as writing and fixing code. They're often pretty tech agnostic, they also often don't think they're doing anything special.
For me, I will always be a backend developer that dabbles in some frontend tech. I can use JavaScript but I have no idea about React and Vue, I can do CSS but have no knowledge on SVG, I can do basic responsive design but I do struggle with it. I'm pretty sure most devs that do identify as full stack probably are more likely backend Devs that dabble in frontend or vice versa. Also I think that's probably what most companies are looking for if they were being honest with themselves.
It's a pretty interesting piece, thanks. I would argue that there are full stack developers, however probably not as many as we think there are.
For me a full stack developer is someone that can can produce accessible HTML, wonderful CSS, great Javascript, have a good knowledge of backend systems, and also can write DevOps scripts. i.e they can work on the whole stack.
I have worked with people like this and they are truly awesome, but they themselves would pull a funny face at the thought of being considered a "full stack developer", they just see it as writing and fixing code. They're often pretty tech agnostic, they also often don't think they're doing anything special.
For me, I will always be a backend developer that dabbles in some frontend tech. I can use JavaScript but I have no idea about React and Vue, I can do CSS but have no knowledge on SVG, I can do basic responsive design but I do struggle with it. I'm pretty sure most devs that do identify as full stack probably are more likely backend Devs that dabble in frontend or vice versa. Also I think that's probably what most companies are looking for if they were being honest with themselves.
Less labels more code!!
Excellent point of view, Dan!