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Re:Dozens of Companies Are Using Facebook to Exclude Older W... by tracker1 on Wednesday December 20, 2017 @08:56PM (#15975716)
Not to be offensive, but the front end is quite often far more work than the SQL that goes on in the back. I've worked strictly on the back, the front, and in between. I've also had to work in a number of platforms and languages.

In the end, keeping things as simple as possible is usually best. If that means using language features that someone might not be familiar with, it should still be more understandable in the end.

Re:Dozens of Companies Are Using Facebook to Exclude Older W... by busterarm on Wednesday December 20, 2017 @09:36PM (#15975930)
Not offensive at all. I actually would say in the best case scenario, you can't do one without the other.

I will agree that frontend is full of churn. I have to do it, but I wouldn't specialize in front end -- most of your role is relying on explicit knowledge rather than tacit knowledge.