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by noir_lord 4439 days ago
Not sure what a full stack developer even is.

Take me for example...

I've been programming since the 80's (started at 7), I have 16 years experience with Linux as both a desktop and a server OS, I've programmed for money (often as side jobs) in VB6, Delphi, C# and PHP/Python.

I've put entire systems into production from design to deployment, some of which have up-time’s measured in years.

I know database design (I can normalise, understand the value of key constraints, views, triggers etc), I know a couple of different PHP frameworks (I currently use Laravel for most things with composer and vagrant). I know my way around JS mostly (I generally just pick up what I need on the front end), I have an excellent knowledge of HTML and CSS.

I also have a good grasp of SME networking (I ran the network for a multi-occupancy shared office building as well as been in-house developer).

That is about a tenth of the crap I've picked up over the years.

Am I a "full stack developer"?

2 comments

I bet if you started calling yourself one you could get away with it.
But do you blend?