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If that was all they were doing, sure.. but if they wrote language parsers, understood computing from the nand-gate up and worked their way up and down the stac
by SanderNL 4y ago
If that was all they were doing, sure.. but if they wrote language parsers, understood computing from the nand-gate up and worked their way up and down the stack over-and-over.. these types of guys will blow past all of us. The understanding you get from going up and down stacks is ridiculous.
- PartiallyTyped 4y agoBeing a polymath is generally very advantageous.
- SanderNL 4y agoIn this AI age I'm seeing it coming to fruition. Fullstacks have (IMO) more potential now than narrow specialists because they can now get away with high-level remarks and letting the AI fill in the details.
- ummonk 4y agoYeah I’d say more specifically that general first principles understanding of different areas and the ability to think about systems / architecture / general logic is very useful. Unlike traditional polymaths, detailed knowledge / familiarity with APIs and libraries is less needed.
- ummonk 4y agoI mean I've worked up and down most of the stack. The understanding is great. It still doesn't give me much of a competitive advantage over the average "full-stack" (laughable term given how narrow a part of the stack it encompasses) engineer when we're all working at FAANG / generic SaaS startup churning out agile code commits for generic CRUD web app.