r/learnjavascript • u/kadishay • Jul 09 '23

Full-stack devs be like

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u/ProposalUnhappy9890 Jul 09 '23 edited Jul 09 '23

I'm a cheetah. I can't fly, but I can run at a speed of 120 km/h, and people from all over the world come to see me run.

I'm an orca. I can't walk, but I'm the deadliest at sea, and people from all over the world come to see me swim.

I'm an eagle. I can't swim, but I can hunt with an unparalleled speed and accuracy, and people from all over the world come to see me fly.

I'm a duck. I can fly, I can wobble, and I can float, but everything I do is mediocre, and nobody is impressed.

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u/oneandmillionvoices Jul 09 '23

cheetahs, eagles even orcas are endangered species, but ducks are doing just fine.

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u/0-ATCG-1 Jul 09 '23

So fine that we butcher them at a stupid rate because they taste good.

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u/crazedizzled Jul 09 '23

Just because you're a full stack dev doesn't mean you're mediocre at everything.

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u/ProposalUnhappy9890 Jul 09 '23

I have no idea what you're talking about. I was talking about ducks.

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u/turacept Jul 09 '23

Full Stack Devs are inherently good at everything Web Related, that’s why they’re entrusted to do full-stack, not just Front, or Backend.

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u/Whisky-Toad Jul 09 '23

Don’t see nobody down the park giving the orcas bread

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u/feivel123 Jul 09 '23

aint see nobody making a movie about ducks.

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u/PMMeUrHopesNDreams Jul 10 '23

uh, The Mighty Ducks

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u/HiddenPants777 Jul 09 '23

Gotta be t shaped. Like really good at running and able to swim (in shallow water for a couple of minutes) and fly (well, its more of a long jump really)

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u/stolentext Jul 09 '23

Most people's skillsets are T-shaped, even generalists / full-stack devs. Personally I'd rather be a specialist but sadly the industry favors generalists (aka solutioneers / "rOcK sTAr DeVS") who get things over the line, usually at the cost of code stability, maintainability, best practices, team morale, and so on.

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u/Jjabrahams567 Jul 09 '23

I’m a human. Through major technological advancements I can fly, swim, or drive. We put the other animals to shame with our ability to learn and improve.

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u/turacept Jul 09 '23

The analogy works in sense, but most Full Stack Developers are just as skilled at Front End development as a dedicated Front End Developer is. This is why they get paid much more.

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u/UnsuspiciousCat4118 Jul 09 '23

Full stack devs: “If you change the stack I won’t be full stack anymore!” 🥲

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u/LuciferianInk Jul 09 '23

My friend whispers, "I'm not a programmer, but I'm a software engineer."

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u/33ff00 Jul 09 '23

And 9 out of 10 people who describe themselves with this title are bootcamp grads who know just a little more than dick all about any of it.

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u/aguyfromhere helpful Jul 10 '23

Fair, but if you want to, say, actually run, you’d want a dog, not a duck.

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u/Sweet-Direction9943 Jul 09 '23

Always get the dog, dawg

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u/OneBadDay1048 Jul 10 '23

How is this relevant to this sub lol

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u/randomnamecausefoo Jul 09 '23

Jack of all trades, master of none.

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u/mca62511 Jul 09 '23

But oftentimes better than master of one.

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u/jeremyrader Jul 10 '23

Jack of all trades, master of integration.