While I'm not sure there is any "should' about this, a developer 'could' be have skills in all of those and a bunch more such as psychologist, visual artist, entrepreneur, coach, fearsome tester, entertaining presenter, great cofee maker ...
It really comes down to what your passions and motivations are. >From a team perspective, a certain number of skills need to be incorporated: whether they are all condensed into single in individuals and spread among a group doesn;t matter quite so much. Great teams come from unique combinations. However, a team is strengthened if members can "cover" for one another and so it's better for each member to have a number of strings to their bows. On 24 July 2012 16:29, Samuel Richardson <disc...@gmail.com> wrote: > The lines between front end developer are starting to blur. I almost feel > that a third role is between both of them is beginning to form; namely: > > - Front end developer: HTML cutup, browser compatibility > - Front end ???: JS application structure, any complex animation, AJAX > development etc > - Backend: All the server based stuff > > With that middle role being the one that's developing at the moment. I > think a good modern WEB developer should be more full stack and encompass > as much as possible from all three of the points above. > > -- > Samuel Richardson > > On Tuesday, 24 July 2012 at 4:09 PM, marsbomber wrote: > > Hi guys, > > I want to raise a questions here as per subject. How do you define a > modern developer these days. Which of the following should a modern > developer tick? > > - Front end dev > - Backend dev > - Server Admin > - Operations > - DBA to some degree > - BA > - Others? > > Love to hear your inputs! > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Ruby or Rails Oceania" group. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rails-oceania/-/PYumIC_UTtAJ. > To post to this group, send email to rails-oceania@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rails-oceania+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rails-oceania?hl=en. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Ruby or Rails Oceania" group. > To post to this group, send email to rails-oceania@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rails-oceania+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rails-oceania?hl=en. > -- *Mark Ratjens* *Co-founder, Habanero Software* * * Sydney, Australia mark.ratj...@habanerohq.com @MarkRatjens <mark.ratj...@habanerohq.com> www.habanerohq.com <http://habanerohq.com> +61 414 159 357 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby or Rails Oceania" group. To post to this group, send email to rails-oceania@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rails-oceania+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rails-oceania?hl=en.
