I&#x27;m a full stack developer. I exist, and you can hire me for $800 a day if you want.<p>I&#x27;ve always used the term to mean that I&#x27;m comfortable on the back and front end of things, and that I have a wide range of experience that means I&#x27;m familiar with <i>most</i> of the technology you&#x27;re likely to use. It also means that I can build an deploy an application from the ground up, alone if necessary.<p>A full stack developer is just a generalist. A good one is super useful if you only have a few employees, or if you&#x27;re building a new project.<p>At some point, you reach the level where you need dedicated specialists, and at that point a generalist can often transition to a management role.<p>I don&#x27;t think I&#x27;m alone in this--I can&#x27;t do this stuff because I started coding at 12, or because I was born a genius. I learned it by bootstrapping a startup--doing everything myself from designing hardware, to web development, to handling customers.