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by rpwilcox 4442 days ago
What kind of filter will be in place to be assured that these are full stack jobs?

For example, for the Bradford and Galt Consulting Python/Django job... "some Javascript". This does not scream "full stack" job to me, "some Javascript". What do they use for DevOps? Will I get to write C or Go? Unless they use the SomeJavascriptMVC.js framework, I'm guessing their JS is... mostly trivial. To say nothing of DevSales or project management responsibilities.
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ckinsey 4442 days ago
The filter is not there yet, but it will be soon.

We've got a proprietary algorithm in development that identifies the scope of both a candidates skills and the skills required by a position.

Without divulging too much secret sauce, we'll be filtering out positions that do not meet our definition of "full stack" and we'll also be conveying to candidates just how "full stack" each position is with a rating system.

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rpwilcox 4442 days ago
It'll be interesting to see what, if any gradients emerge.

Technically the "generic OSS based web" stack starts at debugging Linux kernel code (and sys admin coughDevOpscough), up through the OSI layer (with particular stops at the application(?)/HTTP-serving layer (and supporting code! aka: breaking out C to write a faster Rails router) and then again at the WebKit/Blink rendering engines, plus v8/JavascriptCore-whatever-Safari-names it, through CSS (Safari's CSS JIT work anyone?) through behaviors of said implementations. Plus add a stack of project management, requirements analysis, business analyst, and product design/UX.

To make this problem worse that's just one of many stacks. The native app development stack. The good boys and girls doing work with custom hardware (robotics, waldos etc) with realtime hardware requirements for example. A "generic MS based stack" which behaves similar in parts with very noticeable differences in places. Etc.

How-some-ever I suspect most, if not all of your employers will be looking for some sliver of the "full stack". Like the employer I mentioned earlier, whose definition of full stack is "Mostly Server-side Python but you should be OK at simple HTML/JS/CSS too". Or the new startups looking for people who can "write Javascript on the serverside too!"

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ckinsey 4442 days ago
The reality is that "Full Stack" means different things to different people, as evidenced by some of the threads here.

That said, "people who can fill multiple roles" isn't exactly a marketable title for a demographic. And while "full stack" may have a variable degree of definitions, there is a commonality between them, and it resonates with our target audience.

You're right, different gradients will emerge and we'll facilitate that--we'll be the ones grading them, in fact, and make it easy for you to find the jobs that align with your skill set.

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