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> To be a full-stack developer these days requires so much more than the ability to create a working program. The big picture is very big, it takes many years t

by hasenj 12y ago

> To be a full-stack developer these days requires so much more than the ability to create a working program. The big picture is very big, it takes many years to get a really sound grasp of it This is a major point that tends to be overlooked by a lot of people. There's a big difference between just "coding" something to make a little feature work, and actually building an architecture that can support many kinds of behaviors now and in the future. Many people can't seem to make the jump to the "bigger picture" version of programming

markbnj 12y ago
> Many people can't seem to make the jump to the "bigger picture" version of programming TBH I am not sure there is even a viable "smaller picture" version of programming. Sure you can write some simple scripts and compile some C++ or Java or run some python. But I have to think 99.99% of what you could actually make a living doing would require knowing a stack at least from the database up to the browser or desktop.
- hasenj 12y ago
  You can know the stack but then write raw code with nested if statements and for loops to just implement the current requirements to the letter. As soon as a small change is introduced to the requirements, you're screwed.