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by kapowaz 4788 days ago
No.

“The border between the server and the client has faded”

So why continue to use distinct job titles? I think ‘web developer’ suffices; the specific skills you can bring will vary from person to person, but you should be fighting against being pigeon-holed, not embracing it by voluntarily saying you belong in one category and not another.

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I agree with you here. You almost have to be a generalist anymore but I would add that it's important to know where your strengths and weaknesses lie. For example I can build a passable UI, I know the rules for creating friendly user interfaces but I know it would be much better to have someone with strengths in design do it. They're attention to the details will always make my work look like what it is, a server side developer playing at being a UI developer.