What the tech words mean
The sorting machine. Every technology name goes on a shelf, a stack is one pick per shelf, and skill transfers along the shelves rather than along the names.
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What do the technology names on a resume actually mean?
The one guide that sorts every technology word you will meet: languages, frameworks, tools, platforms, and practices, plus which skills transfer between them.
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Are AWS, Kubernetes, React, and Python the same kind of thing?
The sorting machine: every technology name is a language, a framework, a library, a tool, a platform, or a practice, and each sits at a layer of the app.
What is a tech stack?
A stack is one pick per shelf. What a stack sentence means word by word, and the honest answer on full stack, generalists, and specialists.
Can a Java developer do the Python job?
The transfer table. Skill travels along layers far more than along names, and this is the judgment two later stations spend.
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