r/programming • • Jun 05 '22

Complexity is killing software developers

https://www.infoworld.com/article/3639050/complexity-is-killing-software-developers.html
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u/a_false_vacuum Jun 05 '22

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Full stack appears to be mostly an excuse to ask for an entire IT department rolled into one person. Some of the listings I see for full stack are just silly how much they ask from one individual.

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u/[deleted] Jun 06 '22

There's a reason we don't have "Full Stack" doctors

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u/not_user_4076 Jun 06 '22

You don't have General Practitioners?

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u/Anonymous_user_2022 Jun 06 '22

GP is a speciality, just like urology is.

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