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Why I chose front-end software engineering when other self-taught devs chose full-stack development over front-end development. Is that even a true ? Why do new devs prefer full-stack? Let's talk about it.

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[BatsiraiMusuka]

Hearing you say there is high demand for UI Dev make me happy

[Grungo]

Front end please! I am living in Vietnam as an English Teacher but I really want a chance at front end development. Hoping a company will employ me remotely here. Would you consider making a video about the office/remote locations for work and what to expect as a newcomer to the industry?

[juozasmas]

I am focusing on Frontend, but also want to be full stack, because I want to be able to work as one man army and build things from top to bottom. And if needed to be able develop some startup if I wanted. Also full stack teaches you more computer science, how everything works

[vulpixelful]

I'm a backend engineer now, but I started in native mobile, which is like "backend for the frontend" to me because there are frontend components, but you still have that MVC/MVVM architecture in native mobile.

[OleksandrBorysenko]

I'm a frontend developer now, but when I have some free time I learn something from the backend side - Node.js, databases, ORM. I believe an approach like that gives me a chance to become a full-stack in the future.

[Kramatore]

I'm just starting my front end journey using The Odin Project and a zerotomastery course side by side. Excited to progress and start a new career!

I really enjoy your videos. Your insights are extremely valuable :)

[spencerpingitore]

I like being able to do more as a full stack but currently I am working more front end to strengthen my skills.

[BrianKarmo]

Front end I'm focus mainly on front end JavaScript right now and I'm getting there slowly but surely thanks for your motivation God bless

[brettRaper]

I'm going to focus on front end, I'm sure I will eventually move to backend/full stack. Currently on bootstrap with Angela yu web dev Udemy course.

[chrisdaykin]

I'm currently learning through The Odin Project so they cover Full Stack - and I have a personal project that involves a database. But I do want to dig deeper into front end. I also hope to learn Python and/or new variations of that language.

[hitsquad_gaming]

I had originally planned on learning full-stack. But after learning for a while, I decided I would be better served focusing on one side or the other. So I decided on front-end.

[alexandrumariandavid]

Front end because of your videos. I start my course in like 20 days. Really tnx for helping me out with the selection

[bigmanbedda]

For me at least while learning front end I just had this feeling when building projects that it was incomplete just doing front end, my brain wants to see it complete on Botha sides

[golooba]

Currently enrolling in two boot camps one full stack and the other front end. Watching your videos am leaning towards the front end boot camp.

[BatsiraiMusuka]

l want to be a Front-End Dev as l am a Graphic Designer currently. I will work my way through React soon as l have been gathering learning materials on it.

[alexisf]

I wanted to start fullstack because apparently it was more in demand where I live, but I gotta say, after doing Frontend work, I am completely IN LOVE with it, backend is okay but if I had to pick, I'd stick with Frontend for quite a while! Really glad I decided to go into frontend from data analysis with python, it feels much more rewarding and it doesn't make me feel as bad that I don't have deep mathematical knowledge.

[TravisLawrence]

I started with Rails and was on my way to being a Ruby backend dev. Then I landed a job learning AngularJS and 10 years later, still front end.

[__unkown____]

I want to become a hybrid UX Designer/front-end developer. I'm learning front-end first because I think it's easier to learn this on your own

[codewithguillaume]

Hello Devsmak,
I focused on Front-End 7 years ago.
However it doesn't mean I don't do full-stack development (actually I do a lot of back-end and more and more back-end as a service with Supabase for instance).
With years, I saw the market changing. There's a lot of demand on Front-End that's true: but there's even more demands for Senior that know how to do stuff. Simply.
Finally, we can say that the best choice is not between Full-Stack or Front-End, it's more a question to be patient and get as much experience as we can.

BTW I like your channel my friend. Congratulations for your setup, your content editorial length, your voice... You are really made to make good videos, please continue.

[ItsRyanStudios]

I hopped around learning many different technologies, low level languages, then web based back end, then I fell into the 'full stack' rabbit hole after a couple of bootcamps.
To your point, the bootcamps definitely made me feel like it's the norm/ required to be an expert in the FULL stack.

It wasn't until I found front end to be a perfect fit for my creative personality, and specialized my skill set to frontend that I started actually getting callbacks on my résumé applications.