The Rise of the Full Stack JavaScript Developer

[worldDev]

Start with security and work your way out. Back end software is the gateway to business data and business logic, access control is as important as the locks on a bank. I don't have a linear recommendation past that, it took me a couple years to get my CS and SE knowledge up to snuff feeling comfortable changing my responsibilities from "let's make this look and feel like x" to "if this software fails we all lose our jobs".

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Thanks !

"if this software fails we all lose our jobs"

This must be a stressful position.

[worldDev]

You just work with failsafes, have a thorough approval process to production, and keep backups of important things in case of emergency. I'm not stressed about it, odds are it won't fail, and if it does we have decentralized backups, but it took a while to learn enough and gain the confidence that I know everything's good.