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I still think it's funny that "full stack" means web servers and web sites. It used to begin with assembly...

• _pmf_ 12y ago
  It makes me shake my head when I read it. "I'm not a web monkey, I'm a frontend and backend monkey. Please respect me!"
  • nailer 12y ago
    Is there anything in technology you consider not monkey work?
    • sergiotapia 12y ago
      Literally flipping bits using magnets. Anything else is just monkey work, ya know?
• gaius 12y ago
  When you consider the OS and all it's bits, the language runtime and libraries, the database server itself, the browser, we're talking tens of millions - literally - of lines of C and C++. Yet guys who plumb together these pre-built components writing a few hundred lines of high level code at most, think it's the "full stack" they're doing. The same guys who last year, were "rockstar ninjas". I'm a programmer. It's and old and boring title. But it's honest work with no pretensions, and I mean to go on being one for a long time. And I think anyone who interviewed with me who glibly claimed to be "full stack" would have an interesting time...