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by pryelluw 2560 days ago
1. No, but it helps to know their industry. It really sets you apart.

2. All things backend using what technologies? (language, databses, frameworks etc)
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wildengineer 2560 days ago
I can't name it all but here's the main stuff...

Languages: Java, Scala, Python 2&3, Javascript/ES6/Typescript

Libraries/Frameworks/Middleware: Spring, Java EE, Spark, Flask, Pandas, Pyspark, Node, Kafka, Redis, Memcached

Databases: The popular SQL dbs (SQL Server, Oracle, Postgres, MySQL) and NoSQL (Cassandra and Mongo).

I also have alot of experience with Azure and AWS offerings, including serverless.

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pryelluw 2560 days ago
That's quite a list of technologies for one person to sell. Narrow it down to the most in demand and market those. Only do the rest as a value added service.
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