"Full-stack" web developer does get thrown around. However I believe that is still has a pretty static definition. My understanding is it is a "jack of all trades" scenario. Except by "jack" I mean ver knowledgable just not a master, and by "all trades" I mean the layers of of a full stack developer mentioned here: http://www.laurencegellert.com/2012/08/what-is-a-full-stack-developer/ I would like to think that I am on my path to becoming a full stack developer. I believe this takes a long time. So I started by taking freelance work that enabled me to get my hands dirty. The more client need I answer the more I become familiar with all of these layers. The only path I know to becoming a full stack developer is just start building things. Want a starting point? Build an SPA that communicates with Wordpress for managing the state over the new WP JSON REST API, using Backbone.,js.