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While we're discussing hiring trends, what's the state of the "full stack" meme? Is it really realistic to expect a developer to be an expert in frontend, backend, and database design? They'd need to be an expert in JS + whatever the framework of the week is, CSS, some backend language, and SQL. Increasingly, companies are adding significant DevOps skills to this list, too.

I feel like it can be realistic if that person has about 5-10+ years of experience and a lot of time on their hands to keep up on frameworks. But a junior level full stack person, probably not.

Backend devs I find usually also do a fair bit of database work, at least at a basic level, and are usually where the devops work comes in (migrations, upgrades, keeping the system running). As experience grows, I think most people at least get a sprinkling of these different fields, even if they didn't intend to.

That sounds about right, and reflects my experience and expectations as a backend developer well.