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If someone were to call you a "full stack" developer, would that feel like a complement or an insult? (lemmy.sdf.org)

submitted 7 months ago by xia@lemmy.sdf.org to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I know managers love that term, but I think I've come to hear it as an insult... Sorta like being called an unprofessional "jack of all trades" budget handyman that does everything mediocre...

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[–] Ilflish@lemm.ee 8 points 7 months ago

I think it depends on the context. Calling me a full stack is an acknowledgement that I can work on every step of the system and usually every part of the system. I don't consider it to mean equally good.

However if it keeps getting brought up when I am not supposed to be working on those other steps, that signals to me that maybe they are trying to push more work into me that I shouldn't be do.

I can appreciate that when someone says "Our X Expert". It definitely feels like more praise and more value.