Should you become a Full Stack Engineer?

In this video, I discuss Full Stack Engineering and whether you should pick that field or not.
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[@someone-lx8mg]

I think full-stack engineering is good for someone want to be lead or manager. He will have the big picture.

[@hnasr]

That is kind of valid point.

[@A5tr0101]

They are generally underpaid and do more than one persons job

[@ChosenC]

yea thats called a manager or a lead developer :P ......

[@yashdesai8372]

2-3 days ago I asked you about the same , and today you uploaded this video thanks man 🙏

[@jaySosa1260]

Honestly, this video really opened my eyes in many way. Thank you for the advice!

[@AdarshMenon]

Thanks for the great advice Hussein ! I would also add that, people should first focus on the basics of software engineering. Because all these fields are eventually about writing clean, reusable, reliable and robust code that can run in production. And the ability to do that comes from knowing the basics of software engineering. Once you are a great engineer, then the entry to learning any new niche becomes quite easy I guess

[@nandomax3]

Perfect. I see new full stack devs and front end devs coming from other areas other then software engineering. They are going crazy about learning frameworks and react tutorials, but they totally forget about their basic: software engineering principles

[@AliBenZarrouk]

I think the main point is to discover what you like. As you said a solid base for both is basics of SE, but someone will enjoy more working on one part than the other. And if you don't enjoy something, learning it for years and years will be a struggle.

[@Dean-zi5bj]

Thank you brother. I've never met you but followed you for several years. I'm sti employeed as fully front end . It's actually best for everyone because my passion is for entrepreneurship and an opportunity to do good for the world

[@PendlayRow92]

Hello Hussein. I admire you as a Backend engineer and most of all as a database engineer. I would like to give us some pragmatic examples on when NoSQL would be a better pick than RDBs.

[@venkatnarayangrandhe1200]

Got a clear picture. Thank's you for the advice! keep up doing the great job.

[@varunrathi8363]

The most eye-catching thing in your video is........ The Play station box in the background along with the titles collection!!

[@JoseAlvarez-dl3hm]

You can be expert in fullstack engineer but not in the broad case in which he was talking about, but more like specialized in certain stacks, like for example: angular in the fornt and .NET 6 in the back, or react with java spring and so forth. Fortunately most databases have a lot in common so if you know one you can transfer it to another database and look for in stackvoerflow when something is different. I have been a fullstack engineer for over more than 2 years and I am specialized in angular + .NET CORE, so you can be a fullstack all your life if that is what you want. If for some reasons your stack falls out of fashion, well the core knowledge you learnt previously is quite transferable.

[@mandardeshpande9338]

I agree. I am into React web + Java and I have completely isolated myself from AI/ML, Data science, Mobile development or going deep in database such as migration, backup and recovery etc. I only do some DevOps as required,.

[@ServanFICHET]

Love your videos Hussein!!

[@hnasr]

[@danielestebanyepes9390]

by what you´re saying full stack is more of a temporary stage in your learning process, rather than an absolute professional given title for life, I´m new to this and I´m learning how to code, i Just started with full stack and I think you might be right. I think it´s good that I chose this path so I can get to know a general viewof programming, then I will know which one to focus on, either back end or front end.

[@warrior100girl]

I am an undergraduate cs student and an ongoing Full Stack Developer. During various student jobs, it kinda opened my eyes. Well at least, that's what i want to do right now. I started wanting to do back-end only. But i think there is also benefits to have solid front-end knowledge. But on the long run, i would probably go for back end DB ENGINEERING.

[@hnasr]

Have fun and enjoy the journey! All the best 😊

[@wicked5312]

Hey any updates? Where are you at with this career now

[@sergeymohov2699]

Totally agree with you, it's ok to start as fullstack but after several years it's better to deside what you want to specialize in, personally I've chosen the backend.

[@pratikgiri878]

I have choose to be a backend engineer as I saw My interest more towards it . I have experience in building api and backend stuff . If your company has any vacancy for backend engineer (Nodejs or Python) can you please refer me ?

[@ShubhamPandey-st4nn]

Finally problem solved. Thankyou

[@HendrixRoa]

In my case I consider myself as full-stack on the server side because I'm doing backend, API, DevOps, secops, even I deploy the front end applications but I do not build HTML code, and all related to server-side. I appreciate your courage to say that because is the real world although some people don't understand that. Thanks HN

[@wicked5312]

Hey any updates

[@koushikshomchoudhury9108]

In my last interview, they asked me "Why Full Stack Engineering?". I gave an honest answer: "In my ~2 YOE, I came to conclude that I still have a lot of things to learn and untill I do, I wouldn't be able to understand end-to-end solution building, thus I would like to remain a FSE for 3-5 years more and once I'm done, I'll try to shift to System/Cloud Architecting because by then I would definitely unstands points of optimization and where things could go wrong" They did not like the honesty and said I should only apply for positions that are my end goal.

[@lord12790]

I liked this video very much and I agree. I started as Frontend Engineer and then decided to be Fullstack Engineer and now trying to move to backend. Even when people ask me in interview Fullstack Engineer expertise in which field - Web Engineer, Mobile Engineer, Backend Engineer, Database Engineer which one do you expertise in.

[@hnasr]

Thanks Ratnadeep! Join my discord server we have lots of people discussing cool backend engineering topics 👍 link in the video in the description

[@An7Hoang]

This feels like gem quality video but with 3k views... Keep it up man, don’t stop.

[@hnasr]

Appreciate it!

[@anpham871]

Have the basic understanding of both but specialize in one.

[@elmehdisaniss2731]

Thank you very much !

[@abhishekpawar8458]

Just the thing I was searching for...

[@zealousprogrammer4539]

New sub here thanks. there is a guy on YT with a title "Principal Fullstack-engineer"

[@hamza.abdullah807]

For the first five minutes, I wasn't even sure he's being sarcastic or not! 😂

[@anzaralim3616]

Currently a full stack developer and that was my thoughts same

[@birthchartread1768]

Would you recommend backend development full time or freelancing full time?

[@babatundehammed3836]

Please Hussein, I am new to web engineering. I don't like frontend web engineering, I want to become a backend engineer. Please any advice

[@jesulobajohn8468]

Usually when you want to build portfolio projects to showcase your skill, you would build a complete application (frontend and backend). You have to do this because you won't even be considered if you don't have big projects. So how do you show companies that you are niched when you have all these big projects?

[@birthchartread1768]

You are amazing, had a good and valid doubt. But you can prefer skills you used in backend and make projects using those languages and technologies this reflects your interest in backend technologies. If you are into front end then use technologies used for frontend and do projects this show recruiter you are into frontend.

[@vkray]

What's ur discord channel? I could not find it.

[@section9999]

Question. Concerning the point about specialization, as somebody primarily working on being a Data Engineer and learning the trade of a Security Engineer at the same time would that make me look ..worse? I had thought having a little bit of security knowledge would make me more marketable as a Data or Backend Software Engineer. Would you guys suggest I just stick to Data or Backend and then sort of make my way through some of my secondary interests over time?

[@hnasr]

I say do both and see what you like better and focus on it. Nothing wrong of changing tracks at all at later time

[@section9999]

@@hnasr So to use a programming analogy, what you're saying is learn in parallel but eventually focus on one and learn asynchronously. Or in other words pick one and maybe revisit the other one at a later date. I guess there isn't really a way to combine the two. I don't want to seem like a jack of all trades but I really like both of these. I'll stick with DB stuff for now, thanks for the input.

[@mohdeshtiwi629]

Show us your games collection

[@arunteltia7888]

Hussein Sir I am a big Fan, You have all the good videos but can you make a video on passport js Love to see your explanation on it , Its overwhelming and doesn't make a lot of sense

[@hnasr]

Added to the list 👍

[@arunteltia7888]

@@hnasr thank you so much sir ❤️

[@akshayaghera8123]

I have one question, in my previous job at company there were solution architect for our project, they kinda knows almost every stuff not to forget they had around 25+ years of experience. But being an solution architect means less development nd more on decesion making part or only critical problem solving, one more question does this mean solution architect is like specialist of the technology that project contains, i am kind of confuse, hope to get some clarification from experienced devs and Hussein nasser, thanks and cheers :)

[@vinny142]

"does this mean solution architect is like specialist of the technology that project contains," All these terms are extremely confusing ad they are mostly pointless to begin with becuase they overlap very very much. A "solution architect" is a "systems analyst", a person who can analyse the "problem"that a company has and come up with a solution using varu=ious technologies. They don't need specialist knowledge of that tech, they just need to know what it can do.They leave the work to somebody else. In the real world this work is often done by the developers/engineers themselves, a dedicated systems analyst is onlty of use during the initial setu phase of a systemand even then only if the system is huge and complex. (99.999999% of systems do not require an dedicated analyst)

[@howardtan2359]

Master of none, jack of all trades.

[@just1Commentator]

Wait, React's a library? 😦

[@KangJangkrik]

Please make podcast on spotify, I really appreciate that 🙏

[@hnasr]

open.spotify.com/show/55pPBm0l75K28dIqoHIQIc?si=JdRux0lRQ0S2yrXN19HnyQ ❤️

[@KangJangkrik]

@@hnasr Wow that was fast 😱 Man... you're lit 🔥

[@nandomax3]

So backend engineering is super broad. What's the name for the developer working on the backend application? Because I work building apis and now I'm having a identity crises

[@vinny142]

"What's the name for the developer working on the backend application?" Backend developer. "Because I work building apis and now I'm having a identity crises" API-developer. or engineer, depending on your business culture.I only just learned that there is such a thing as a "solution architect" so yeah,just make up a name that sounds good because *nobody* has a clue what you mean anyway.

[@nandomax3]

@@vinny142 I'll just match what the recruiters are using on the job applications. With time and experience I'll understand better each label

[@vinny142]

@@nandomax3 Yes it is *MUCH* better to check which skills the job needs (try asking the company, recruiters usually have no clue what anything means).

[@constantineJohn]

Legend

[@pardeepsaini1634]

Step by step guide to became system design expert*

[@habibouadhour731]

Yes the problem like you said in the beginning How you define Full stack But you can be a specialized in a stack of full-stack if you know what I mean Like MERN Stack or MEAN, MEVN, PERN ...etc

[@jeodemp]

Later in career being old can be problem in software industry, so it seems like better be an expert on something or maybe switch to management to avoid ageism problem. Full stack is too broad.

[@nandomax3]

I have a friend who worked until 42 years old with marketing. And now is a junior front end developer. Here in Brazil I don't see ageism being a problem

[@vinny142]

Fullstack does not mean that you can do *everything*,it only means that you can do frontend and backend;the whole "stack" that a company uses. You can keep doing that until retirement,but byt the time you're 50 you'l have moved on to a manager's role because you have way more knowledge about how to help juniors and mediors stay out of trouble.

[@mo7ammedsharaki]

هو مش حضرتك كنت مع المهندس محمد الشريف انا عرفت ليه قال لحضرتك نتكلم عربي احسن سؤال هو ليه full stack مش محبوب في الوطن العربي وبحس أن الناس بتبص عليه أكن اللي متعلمها مشتت ومش هيعرف يكتب برنامج كامل لانه كان ليتعلم الفرونت والباك

[@VinitKhandelwal]

I didn't want to become fullstack engineer but I had to, thanks to redux. Frontend guys don't understand it as much as backend guys, I guess.

[@void_star_void]

No. The end 🤣

[@itsbro9527]

youll have to learn a bit of frontend eventually so everyone is a fullstack dev

[@Flankymanga]

7:40 These days they call such people a "generalists" because they have wide generak knowledge but they are not masters of any field.

[@adelinaahadova9289]

Fullstack developer is cheaper to hire or sale, that why they need it😅

[@NadidLinchestein]

Post more on your Arabic channel

[@christanronald1271]

Sorry but this technologies are not thaaat complex to learn for a developer to build applications. I’m a year now in the backend field and I know a decent amount from what I need as a backend dev. For me backend is database and application logic and maybe monitoring like graphana, asana etc. Things like reverse proxy etc. is ops stuff for me and has nothing to do with backend development. It’s the same like full stack between backend and ops, maybe devops. I think if you are more interest in networking go the devops route and more in creating go the full stack route.

[@nandomax3]

I also see a big distinction between devops+network and database/api. Now I'm employed as a full stack developer, but I'm transitioning to work with with backend apis, I call it backend engineer/developer and also do the recruiters. It's important to read the job application and see what they want from you

[@christanronald1271]

Absolutely at least in Germany the recruiters have no clue about the destinations and technologies at all. So you have to make sure that you will fit into the position.

[@vinny142]

". I’m a year now in the backend field " Then you are just getting to the junior stage and your statement that it's allnot that difficult is due to the fact that you haven't seen anything yet. It's the Dunning-Kruger effect; you don't know enough about the subject to see that you really only know the basics. "I think if you are more interest in networking go the devops route and more in creating go the full stack route." Networking has nothing to do with devops and fullstack just means that you know a bit about frontend and backend. Wow, these terms really are getting used left and right and nobody knows what they mean :-)

[@nandomax3]

@@vinny142 for sure when he says he learned almost everything he needs to be a backend engineer in an year he's being pretty naive

[@christanronald1271]

@@vinny142 Maybe it’s a bit exaggerated but what I wanted to say is that Proxies and networking does not belong to backend engineering or just the surface. It’s work for operations. And of course if there is some bug in the database and I have to troubleshoot it I’m lost. But in case to use the technologies which I need I’m good with java / spring framework / oracle db / and monitoring. What do you think I’m missing?

[@nathansire6623]

I wouldn't suggest full stack for beginners. No way. Javascript is nothing like backend languages. You could try Node as your first language for full stack.... But you might pull your hair out.

[@studylover2674]

I thought Full Stack Engineer Are Those Who Are Good In All Main Engineering Branches like CS, Mechanical, Civil, Electrical, Electronics 😂😂😂😂😂😂