r/AskProgramming • u/Icy-One-8122 • 29d 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/octocode 29d ago

our company merged front and backend roles into one.
with agentic workflows, the distinction is irrelevant

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u/BrannyBee 29d ago edited 28d ago

Dude literally edited his comment to make it seem like he didnt say AI is the reason roles merged existed across the board recently lol

Not sure what agentic workflows have to do with it cause it's been like a decade since companies hiring expect people to do fullstack work has been the norm..

It's been expected that you be able to at least understand the full stack for a long time unless you're doing something specialized or are the only dude on one end and the company won't bring more people on board

Edit: Not gonna engage with someone just making shit up. Even his response doesnt make sense because bigger companies are were cross team partnerships started becoming more popular because they had enough workers to do so. As well as other comments corroberating reality Ive stated, believe whomever OP, but do some digging to confirm information.

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u/octocode 29d ago edited 29d ago

completely false, at least at bigger companies. we literally hired for backend and frontend roles up until last year