Thanks for posting this. I’m a FE expert at a large company. I’ve spent a VERY long time getting to where I am, from nuanced meetings with $popular_framework lead to investigating and filing accessibility bugs against VoiceOver and Chrome.
Good frontend work is HARD. It requires both design and engineering knowledge, and it’s very easy to write unmaintainable or inaccessible code. There’s a big difference between creating a form for a hobby project and creating a form used by thousands across the world. It also requires a high amount of backend work via BFFs, load balancing, hosting and serving, credential management, and so on. The cherry on top is that it’s basically all async code.
Seeing backend elitists diminish its worth is tiring as all hell. To me, it indicates that the person is either new to the industry or trying to gain a sense of superiority for whatever reason. It’s meaningless and exhausting to read.
Thanks for posting this. I’m a FE expert at a large company. I’ve spent a VERY long time getting to where I am, from nuanced meetings with $popular_framework lead to investigating and filing accessibility bugs against VoiceOver and Chrome.
Good frontend work is HARD. It requires both design and engineering knowledge, and it’s very easy to write unmaintainable or inaccessible code. There’s a big difference between creating a form for a hobby project and creating a form used by thousands across the world. It also requires a high amount of backend work via BFFs, load balancing, hosting and serving, credential management, and so on. The cherry on top is that it’s basically all async code.
Seeing backend elitists diminish its worth is tiring as all hell. To me, it indicates that the person is either new to the industry or trying to gain a sense of superiority for whatever reason. It’s meaningless and exhausting to read.
Tldr: I agree