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That's actually a little hard to describe exactly. In short, I do whatever needs to be done on the technical side of things - from front-end development to setting up the servers. There are two particular things that I think I'm good at - debugging and performance tuning.

I think I'll be able to call myself a full-stack developer in a few years time but for now I'm happy to be called just a RoR web developer.

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Don't sell yourself short. You're a full stack developer currently. Your salary reflects that (and then some).

Yeah, at times I like to think so but I've had so many humbling experiences that I'd wait a little longer before making that declaration.

I had once worked with a senior colleague who would run process traces on the live Oracle database and uncover bugs in Oracle's code. I am at the level where I can find bugs in open source code bases about which I've no idea but not where I can find bugs only with the binary.

Then again, I see so many comments on HN about which I've no idea and which still seem relevant to what I do.

So, you see where I am right now.

Seems like you're confusing seniority with your general role. It's alright to be a mid-level full stacker. :)

Agreed.

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