More and more, job postings are seeking the elusive full-stack engineer. But this person is more myth than reality. Instead of hunting and waiting on the perfect full-stack engineer, a more sustainable paradigm would be for organizations to create full-stack teams. This balanced team is filled with people possessing a core set of skills plus different specialties. This paper shows organizations there is an alternative to the full-stack engineer, and provides guidance on how to create a full-stack team.
Jason Cox, Director, Platform &SRE, Disney
Christian Posta, Field CTO, Solo.io
Cornelia Davis, VP of Technology, Pivotal
Dominica DeGrandis, Director Digital Transformation, Tasktop
Jim Stoneham, SVP Growth, New Relic
Thomas A. Limoncelli, SRE Manager, Stack Overflow, Inc.
Pages: 30
Format: PDF
Publication Date: August 13, 2019
Full Stack Teams, Not Engineers
More and more, job postings are seeking the elusive full-stack engineer. But this person is more myth than reality. Instead of hunting and waiting on the perfect full-stack engineer, a more sustainable paradigm would be for organizations to create full-stack teams. This balanced team is filled with people possessing a core set of skills plus different specialties. This paper shows organizations there is an alternative to the full-stack engineer, and provides guidance on how to create a full-stack team.
