Pivoting from frontend to full-stack. Need advice /u/NightestOfTheOwls CSCQ protests reddit

3YOE, 1 year at my current job, masters in CS. I was for my entire career and currently is a frontend engineer and I don’t mind it, but lately I’m starting to find it a little boring

I have non-commercial experience in Java and C# as well as basic SQL which just so happens to be exactly our current stack. I have to admit, I’m often intrigued by some of the problems our backend team faces and even spend some of my free time consulting or brainstorming with them until we come up with a fix or an improvement

I don’t necessarily want to give up frontend (nor would they let me as we’re quite understaffed in that department) but is there anything I can do to pivot in more of a full stack direction?

3YOE, 1 year at my current job, masters in CS. I was for my entire career and currently is a frontend engineer and I don’t mind it, but lately I’m starting to find it a little boring

I have non-commercial experience in Java and C# as well as basic SQL which just so happens to be exactly our current stack. I have to admit, I’m often intrigued by some of the problems our backend team faces and even spend some of my free time consulting or brainstorming with them until we come up with a fix or an improvement

I don’t necessarily want to give up frontend (nor would they let me as we’re quite understaffed in that department) but is there anything I can do to pivot in more of a full stack direction?