1. We don&#x27;t introduce ourselves at parties as DSP developers.<p>2. There isn&#x27;t a category on glassdoor.com for network protocol developers. You don&#x27;t see BLS data breaking salaries out based on the specializations you list.<p>3. If someone puts out a job listing for &#x27;backend developer&#x27;, you still don&#x27;t know what your day-to-day will look like at you new job. Contrast this to &#x27;pediatric nurse practitioner&#x27;.<p>4. We don&#x27;t say to our bosses, &quot;My specialization is X, but you want me to do Y work. We need to hire a Y person or you need to promote me to &#x27;X engineer&#x27; and give me a raise.&quot;<p>5. Managers don&#x27;t think much of sticking a rookie frontend developer on some backend tasks with no training or mentoring. &quot;You&#x27;ll review the code before it goes in, right? What&#x27;s the problem?&quot;