Mobile/Frontend as career

Oct 24, 2020 8 Comments

How do you think about ios/android/web frontend engineer as career? I currently work on one of them and feel like upside is limited. I always felt like the industry value Backend/data/AI engineer much more and frontend engineers can be replaced easily.

Should i change my domain?
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  • Google
    vest 😎

    Go to company page Google

    vest 😎
    Upside is limited - yes. At one point you will have to grow breadth.

    Replaced easily - no. Market demand for frontend experts is huge and won't change much likely.
    Oct 24, 2020 0
  • Chewy
    mfjones

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    mfjones
    Exactly what Google just said, market demand for FE is insane right now, I’ve been trying to hire for 2 senior-ish FEs for months and every good candidate has offers by the time of their onsite
    Oct 25, 2020 1
    • Oracle
      deletecode

      Go to company page Oracle

      deletecode
      Are you still looking for front end engineers?
      If yes, may I know the location and expected YOE? I know a couple of them who are looking for a job change, I can refer them. Please DM me if interested.
      Oct 26, 2020
  • Amazon / Eng
    NoTime

    Go to company page Amazon Eng

     NoTime
    Harder to get to staff level as a mobile engineer, but senior mobile engineers are super valued and in very high demand. I have 8 years of Android experience and my inbox is getting blown up year round. Not a brag, just a reality for any experienced mobile engineer.

    Also, do you enjoy mobile development? Worry more about what you enjoy doing and less about arbitrary "growth"
    Oct 25, 2020 0
  • Most apps are front-end heavy while backend is just CRUD endpoints + AWS until you grow to big tech size where scalability becomes a concern.
    Oct 25, 2020 0
  • What about full stack?
    Oct 24, 2020 2