More and more, job postings are seeking the elusive full-stack engineer.

But this person is more myth than reality.

Instead of hunting and waiting on the perfect full-stack engineer, a more sustainable paradigm would be for organizations to create full-stack teams.

This balanced team is filled with people possessing a core set of skills plus different specialties.

This paper shows organizations there is an alternative to the full-stack engineer, and provides guidance on how to create a full-stack team.