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What does a backend developer do? (vlemmy.net)
submitted 3 years ago by to c/programming@beehaw.org
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Feel free to tell about what your day looks like. I'm exploring different positions so it'd be very valuable to me. I've already done a few courses in C# and Python, they seem to be quite common. My goal here is to get to know this role better, for now I have limited information about it. Is it rather repetitive, or is there always something new to do? What part of it do you enjoy the most and the least? Is it true that many desktop apps are really webapps?

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[–] 3 points 3 years ago

As a backend developer you're not doing anything with "looks". No interface design, HTML CSS, or anything like that.

The most common backend work involves the following:

  • ETL process creation
  • proprietary API maintenance
  • third-party API integration
  • Database data manipulation

I enjoy it. It feels like I'm designing special wires that connect different computers together. It can be repetitive if you're not designing your code to be extendable. If you're writing the ideal code, you're always writing new stuff. If you're just copy-pasting from other examples, that should indicate that there is a general solution that's being ignored.

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