As someone who worked in the frontend space, and now doesn't, I think this has much to do with the fact that "anyone can learn to code" but often don't have any formal background. Lots of bootcamp grads, lots of people hearing about fat programmer salaries trying to get into the industry, people completing udacity courses and throwing buzzwords on their resume.
My experience in frontend feels like everyone learns ad hoc without digging deep into basics. Overall, I felt if you have aptitude or real passion for the work, you would just get a computer science degree and be attracted to other parts of the stack or other problems to solve.
This obviously doesn't apply to large tech companies which make it a point to hire talent (frontend, backend, whatever).
> Hiring software developers is still somehow an arcane mystery few people can objectively figure out.
This is actually one space where I feel the frontend world shines. Almost every frontend interview question has been very practical.
My experience in frontend feels like everyone learns ad hoc without digging deep into basics. Overall, I felt if you have aptitude or real passion for the work, you would just get a computer science degree and be attracted to other parts of the stack or other problems to solve.
This obviously doesn't apply to large tech companies which make it a point to hire talent (frontend, backend, whatever).
> Hiring software developers is still somehow an arcane mystery few people can objectively figure out.
This is actually one space where I feel the frontend world shines. Almost every frontend interview question has been very practical.