Hire fullstacks.           Backend vs Frontend   Separating developers into backend, frontend or...

Denis Bolkovskis

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Separating developers into backend, frontend, or mobile is considered the wrong separation of concerns. Product-minded developers are focused on designing systems and architectures to support product requirements. Having fullstack or product-minded developers can lead to faster development cycles, improved communication, and more efficient problem-solving.

Hire Fullstacks

If I’m gonna do the job of three people I need to get paid 3x

so why stop there?
I think we need a developer that can do every role, backend, frontend, testing, devops, maybe add some designing because we might need a new logo for the company, managerial knowledge and lets not forget sales.
Don’t hire several jobs and waste money, hire a one man company :) /s

Nope. Definitely not. I’ve yet to meet a “full-stack developer” who can do a decent front-end. Usually full-stack means back-end, but hey, HTML/CSS is kids stuff, right? Who cares for some pixels or colours off here and there? 🤡

So I turned down an equity only offer to build an ai for job candidates and employers. I could’ve done about 90% of it but they wanted an MVP in six months and were only offering 12% equity and no cash. I think I dodged a bullet

Not if you care about quality. Nope.
I can say i am full stack but who am i kidding , i am only barely decent on the backend , as is everyone else who pretends to be full stack.
With all that’s out there to learn, you’ll be lucky if you can get a good grip on either the front or the back alone