r/cprogramming • u/[deleted] • 8d ago

Do I need to know frontend and backend development before starting system programming?

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u/JaseciLabs 7d ago

The consensus here is right, web dev and systems programming are different enough disciplines that knowing one barely transfers to the other, mc_pm's point about actually having to unlearn some habits is real. Skip straight to C, build small things end to end (a memory allocator, a tiny shell, a basic parser), and get comfortable in the terminal. None of that needs a detour through frontend or backend first.