There are both kinds of full stack developers: the frontend dev that doesn't understand the backend enough to know they suck at it, and the backend dev that doesn't understand the frontend enough to know they suck at it.

[–] sukhmel@programming.dev 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I couldn't agree more with the latter part, I know a lot of backend engineers who consider frontend simple without ever trying what it really takes. This is not a healthy way to view someone else's work, and it usually produces friction between back and front end teams

[–] fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

You can always spot them when they have to ask about state.

I always asked about state.

Backend engineer here who got gud at frontend because of mobile, but recognize others are way better than me at it.