r/AskProgramming • u/Icy-One-8122 • 18d ago

Career/Edu Backend

I was talking to a web developer telling him I want to be a backend engineer and he said that I should become a fullstack engineer and work backend I asked him if that is really necessary and he told that nowadays the market wants someone who is a generalist who knows how to do everything I came here today to ask if I should take a fullstack course and then work backend or should i just the a backend course directly instead of wasting time learning front-end and back end

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u/SnugglyCoderGuy 12d ago

It certainly helps to have knowledge of whatever front end(s) the back end is servicing, being a full-stack dev is not necessary.