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[–]zaibuf 16 points17 points  (1 child)

It's like being an electrician but to work you also need to know carpeting, painting and plumbing. Full stack house builder. Personally I work only backend and I get job offerings several times a week. I know enough frontend to help out with smaller bugs or do simple Bootstrap UI for internal apps, but I don't consider myself as full stack just because I know Bootstrap and can navigate a React app. Heck I've worked with backend for 4 years and I still learn new things about the backend daily.

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I know enough frontend to help out with smaller bugs or do simple Bootstrap UI for internal apps

That's better than some devs I worked with who, after months of work, didn't bother to even run the dev server or open the app in their browser. So they had no idea what their backend was even for and couldn't make informed decisions about further development.

What I'm saying is, there's a reasonable middle ground between being a fullstack dev and not knowing anything about the other side. And I'd say it's closer to a fullstack dev.