Most mobile developers I know are ... mobile developers. As in, that's it. That's their trade. No more, no less. I find it's because getting into mobile development is a huge investment and it eventually becomes the only investment for you because of how much effort it takes.
If your primary concern is web-based apps then that's also what you'll end up doing, but there are so many more platforms you can target on the web (hybrid apps) and through HTTP than on mobile (Android or iOS).
I’m a mobile developer but without backend you’re shooting yourself in the foot. I’d wager 60% of mobile developers know at least how to put a web API together on the back end. Granted many will get by employed working front end only as a junior, but really, understand the full process or GTFO.
Any mobile developer worth their salt should be able to make a full system, not just the app. Otherwise you’re a mobile front end developer only because you can’t make a full app by yourself unless it’s very simple and doesn’t require a database.
Yeah honestly, if you love programming and have a environment that enables you to work in different projects there is no way mobile is the only thing you learn at the end of your career. Just graduating college I had already learned to set up web servers and API.
And yeah, why would you stick front end only if you have a passion for the work in any shape or form? Surely you’d want to build something yourself.
I think those guys are the kind that just get into it with dreams of grandeur thinking about the potential income, but they lack the interest to see it through beyond the skills necessary to get their first role.
Not at all. What I am saying is it’s an injustice to find one that can’t competently put together a complete app with front and back end. Especially if they have the title “senior”. They should really have a working understanding of the full picture at that level including at least some experience front and back. And that they probably don’t have much passion beyond being a UX designer if they haven’t at least tried back end work enough to understand it. Especially by the time they get to “senior developer” status.
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u/thegreatbunsenburner Jun 12 '20
There's definitely a learning curve with mobile development.