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The tech industry defines a “full stack engineer” as one who can write any type of code needed for a project. We laud this engineer as a demigod, since they can simultaneously face the <a href="http://scholar.harvard.edu/files/mickens/files/thenightwatch.pdf" target="_blank">lawless zombie apocalypse of systems programming</a> and design a flawless user experience to dazzle the masses. The power of a full stack coder is that for many Silicon Valley <a href="https://hackernoon.com/tagged/startups" target="_blank">startups</a> this individual can jump in at any level of the <a href="https://hackernoon.com/tagged/technology" target="_blank">technology</a> and have significant impact. That is to say, for most companies that develop apps, platforms, and services, it’s not too hard to find someone who can build <strong>everything</strong> the company needs, hence the bias towards these more nimble ventures.