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Technical: * Multiple browsers that respond to the same code slightly differently. * Multiple platforms that all need to be supported. * Countless different
by Uptrenda 10y ago
Technical:
* Multiple browsers that respond to the same code slightly differently.
* Multiple platforms that all need to be supported.
* Countless different screen sizes to consider.
* Standards that aren't supported across browsers and platforms (and different versions of each in use)
* Hundreds of undifferentiated web frameworks that all claim to do the same basic task better than each other.
* Thousands of ways to host, distribute, and scale your application.
* Millions of ways to monitor service availability.
* Billions of ways to create APIs for your service.
Professional:
* Too many technologies and skills needed to do the job.
* Design skills required if you want to create anything significant by yourself.
* The average web developer is practically an encyclopedia of technology yet full stack developers are still undervalued, low-paid, and mostly replaceable.
tl; dr: It takes a very special kind of person who doesn't immediately develop serious neurosis working as a web developer today.
- kowdermeister 10y agoNo, it just takes experience and a healthy amount of curiosity. I can handle these types of challenges.
- talmand 10y agoExperience is not always valued in the tech industry.
- collyw 10y agoPeople here always seem interested in my 14 years of experience but want to pay me closer to a junior / intermediate salary.
- collyw 10y agoI would say a healthy amount of skepticism about using the latest new shiny tech. Maybe that comes with experience.
- hackerboos 10y ago"Multiple browsers that respond to the same code slightly differently." Web standards are at a peak level. It's never been better. I blame the overuse of SPAs. They are far too prevalent to the point that they are becoming the default over static web-pages.
- PUSH_AX 10y agoWhat is your source for full stack devs being under paid? Or maybe a better question is what do you consider a low wage for a full stack dev?
- bobwaycott 10y agoI'd say a starting guess for determining low wage for full-stack devs is anything < (backend dev salary + frontend dev salary), using market averages by location. If you're going to have a single person doing the work of two, pay them accordingly. Otherwise, hire two people and lighten the load.