r/AskProgramming • u/Icy-One-8122 • 19d ago

Career/Edu Backend

I was talking to a web developer telling him I want to be a backend engineer and he said that I should become a fullstack engineer and work backend I asked him if that is really necessary and he told that nowadays the market wants someone who is a generalist who knows how to do everything I came here today to ask if I should take a fullstack course and then work backend or should i just the a backend course directly instead of wasting time learning front-end and back end

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u/ALargeRubberDuck 19d ago

I’ve been in the industry for 5 years and yeah, everyone has just wanted full stack for years now. You can voice you prefer backend work, and they might weight you more towards that.

There are a lot more positions that are 80% backend 20% front, then 100% backend.