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The problem is that the market is trying to force DevOps into backend engineering. The work of operations should not be meddled with the engineers What you're saying here is something one person would require atleast 5 years to get hands on with. Database engineering and backend patterns, modals and communications. These things alone are very critical and complex to manage If you enforce system design into backend engineering this is not fair to the engineer. This is something only experience can give you and you can't just try to throw these things forcefully in your brain
Furthermore, lalarchitectural skills, such as understanding complexity, consistency, and observability, will ultimately lead to system crash.
My first mentor was great he made these concepts clear to me in a short period of time, if not for him, my thoughts would have never changed.
I also used to think the same when I started this journey but now after a while I know how complex it can be. It’s just like everyday you are learning something new.
Sadly people think this is it when it comes to full stack
Way more complex than most people think
Actual insider of a Software Engineer role
your security was duplicated, maybe on purpose) Database has a mistake Sorry, occupational bias)
I highly appreciate
The way I see it, it depends. In a small startup, full-stack could mean covering a broad range of responsibilities across the whole product. But as systems grow, the role can't keep up with everything, and full-stack may simply mean taking care of frontend and backend while other colleagues or teams take care of other areas. Wich is not an easy task, since at that point it also means focusing more on technical depth.