It helps to have a broad view so you can plan and design accordingly. Back end developers should understand how people use the system, even if they're not goin

It helps to have a broad view so you can plan and design accordingly. Back end developers should understand how people use the system, even if they're not going to own the designs. Similarly, to be great programmers, front end developers need an understanding of what goes on underneath the hood, even if it's not their day job. (I understand it's all part of the learning curve) The extreme of this is Joel's [0] exhortation that every programmer should learn C. It's a different context, but the same principle. [0] http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/CollegeAdvice.html http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/CollegeAdvice.html