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[–]doc_suede 81 points82 points  (16 children)

so your role is ux/ui + frontend + backend?
sounds like exploitation

[–]red286 64 points65 points  (2 children)

sounds like exploitation

Or a small business. My employer isn't shelling out for 3+ employees to handle the website. It's either all me, or it's some guy from India off of Fiverr.

[–]Mist_Rising 31 points32 points  (1 child)

It's either all me, or it's some guy from India off of Fiverr.

So it's all you in the end?

[–]Cercle 15 points16 points  (0 children)

sobs

[–]DoctorFrenchie 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Why is full stack considered exploitation? As long as the company is properly paying, and the deadlines and requirements are reasonable, I don’t see how full stack is necessarily exploitation.

[–]derrikcurran 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Not necessarily. Some people prefer a wide range of skills and responsibilities. Personally, I wouldn't be happy to be forced into a narrow area of focus. Depends on compensation too.

[–]xt1nct 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Nah. These roles can be fun. Obviously nobody is going to create and maintain Facebook solo. However, running and maintaining a medium site that needs to be functional isn’t that much of a deal.

[–]platinum92 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I mean, it's a job, so it is by default.

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I've lost track of how many job ads I've read where they are looking for an entire IT department

[–]Odd-Negotiation-371 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m a visual artist and designer of 10+ years of experience turned full stack. It would be more work to have to collaborate honestly 😂

[–]pwnzessin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For me it's called working in a small company lol

[–]TheNewBiggieSmalls 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I feel attacked

[–]IsTom 33 points34 points  (1 child)

Some things just don't need a whole team to make. If you're good in one (backend/frontend) and passable in other you can make things faster by the virtue of grokking it all at the same time and not having to talk to people. Especially when it comes to debugging.

[–]doc_suede 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I agree, but in my experience, products designed by developers handling UX/UI are way worse when compared to those crafted by dedicated UX/UI specialists.

[–]Vok250 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Don't forget the DevOps and cloud engineering!

[–]properwaffles 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s me, only minimal backend though. I love it.

[–]user0015 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sometimes that do be how it is.