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by cryptonector 3348 days ago
No, no, that's just today speak for "systems developer". Really, someone who can dev/debug run-times for any languages, write C10K networking code, write good Haskell code, do wonders with average SQL RDBMSes, suffer through JS, and put together a complete solution.

I actually like the term "full stack developer". I take it to mean: can handle anything from assembly to HLL and everything in between.
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lucasmullens 3348 days ago
I always took "full stack" to imply web stack, like MEAN or LAMP. Maybe I'm misusing it, but I tend to call myself a full stack developer and I don't know a lot about assembly or low-level languages like C.
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chrismcb 3348 days ago
I would argue that "systems developer" is the opposite of "full stack" Your average full attack dev probably doesn't even know what assembler is.
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defined 3348 days ago
"Full attack dev?"

I like that - may I use it?

-- 58 year old full-attack dev

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