As a full-stack developer, I can answer this. But sadly, it's just going to turn into a rant for me.

You just about perfectly described a LAMP Administrator.

Sadly, I have found the definition of a full-stack developer differs depending on where you look.

To some it means the developer is capable of building, or guiding a team to, a project from beginning to end, both front-end and back-end techs. Which means server-side javascript as well as in browser javascript. Full html/css/ and even sass understanding, along with the ability to take a photoshop image and turn it into a website, while having expert knowledge of PHP/Python.

Some websites, notably LinkedIn, think a full-stack developer is anyone who writes web code using the entirety of the .NET stack. I absolutely hate LinkedIn.

In recent years, and I just went through this trying to find a full-stack developer, while working with our talent acq. group, and others, that a full-stack is basically a web rocket scientist. You have to know a little of everything, have had your hands in everything, and be a rockstar with everything you touch.

I try to market myself as a full-stack lamp developer. I keep all my years of .NET off my resume because I don't wan't to use it.

A full-stack is expected to understand how to communicate with other techs as well, such as api communication via xml/soap/json and others.

On Friday, November 25, 2022 3:36:34 PM CST Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss wrote:

> Hi,

>

> I have read that to be qualified as a full-stack developer, one must

> know how to troubleshoot the entire stack.

>

> Where are the boundaries.  I assume this means being able to program in

> PHP, know enough Linux to troubleshoot the hosting and be able to

> identify and assess the associated logs, understand and be able to

> troubleshoot/fix/install Apache, Be able to install MySQL and write SQL

> and troubleshoot as may be necessary.  I'm thinking this includes log

> rotate and the ability to add/edit/remove users, and work with SSH users

> and permissions.  Included is file and directory permissions.  Add to

> this the skills to manage sudo users.

>

> This does not include networking, understanding load, the ability to

> install and configure Linux (although I think it would be helpful).

>

> I'm thinking LAMP/LEMP where Linux is limited to hosting.

>

> Am I in the ball park?

>

> Thank you for your feed back.

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