Timeline for How exactly experience level is determined in Software Industry?
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| May 25, 2020 at 6:00 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackWorkplace/status/1264798356955635713 | ||
| May 22, 2020 at 2:05 | comment | added | Nelson | @Damouse I think I can be considered a full-stack developer, but I wouldn't take on a full-stack position without major research. The biggest problem is whether the manager has even the slightest clue on what you are suppose to be doing, and at what point you need help. Full-stack roles are frequently mismanaged and higher-ups expect FULL expertise on ALL the roles, not a jack-of-all-trades with support. That is the main reason why I see "full-stack" roles as red flags because they expect one guy to fully perform all the roles, and somehow work 30 hours a day. | |
| May 21, 2020 at 22:32 | comment | added | Damouse | @Nelson I mean, I know and work with people who can do this. Perhaps their depth is not the same as a specialist of the same ability, but generally they are highly capable across the stack, and that integrated skillset has its own advantages. Perhaps you think its unreasonable to hire for this kind of skillset, but my experience is that these people do exist. | |
| May 21, 2020 at 2:14 | comment | added | Nelson | @Damouse They're very worth using, but they are complex enough to be a full-time position all by itself. You cannot realistically understand the nuances of the entire umbrella of JS (now both front-end and back-end with NodeJS), and all 200+ flavors of NoSQL. You can't possibly memorize everything about the entire "full-stack" ecosystem without scrambling things up in your head. | |
| May 21, 2020 at 0:15 | comment | added | Damouse | @Luaan I'm not sure I understand your comment-- are you implying the complexity of the frontend frameworks are too high to be able to cross-train into something else, or that they're not worth using? | |
| May 20, 2020 at 13:35 | answer | added | bob | timeline score: 3 | |
| May 20, 2020 at 12:31 | history | removed from network questions | Neo | ||
| May 20, 2020 at 7:59 | comment | added | Luaan | @Nelson Yeah. If the "full-stack" position mentions anything about React, Angular and such, run away. If it's old-school full-stack, where the front-end is just a pretty thin shell for the back-end on some in-house inventory system, that's fine - if you don't mind working on such a project. | |
| May 20, 2020 at 7:14 | comment | added | Thomas | I do not fully agree with this matrix, but it can be a starting point to understand what some people consider experienced: sijinjoseph.com/programmer-competency-matrix | |
| May 20, 2020 at 2:38 | comment | added | Nelson | And "full-stack" developer positions are now becoming a red flag for me. They're cramming in at least 3 roles. With all the front-end frameworks and back-end frameworks, I find it is almost 4 positions before I even do anything related to DB access. Throw in Cloud DBs, and NoSQL, and we're talking easily 6-7 roles. | |
| May 19, 2020 at 17:31 | history | became hot network question | |||
| May 19, 2020 at 13:35 | answer | added | Philipp | timeline score: 8 | |
| May 19, 2020 at 10:52 | answer | added | gnasher729 | timeline score: 25 | |
| May 19, 2020 at 10:30 | vote | accept | blindShrug | ||
| May 19, 2020 at 10:28 | history | edited | blindShrug | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| May 19, 2020 at 10:27 | comment | added | Solar Mike | Less than 2.5 years experience... and "experience" varies... | |
| May 19, 2020 at 10:05 | review | Close votes | |||
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| May 19, 2020 at 10:02 | comment | added | Philip Kendall | "I started my career as a Software Engineer back in February 2018". Even given my comments on how years of experience are meaningless, you do not have three years of experience. The very worst thing you can do is to lie about it. | |
| May 19, 2020 at 9:52 | answer | added | Philip Kendall | timeline score: 81 | |
| May 19, 2020 at 9:38 | answer | added | virolino | timeline score: 0 | |
| May 19, 2020 at 9:30 | history | asked | blindShrug | CC BY-SA 4.0 |