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Re:Amazon layoffs now expected to mount to 20k, including to... by raverbashing on Sunday December 04, 2022 @12:45AM (#33850983)
Yeah, that sounds like something that would happen at Google, and done by backend engineers

And then this one project adopts it for some random reason and you're left holding the bag

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Re:Amazon layoffs now expected to mount to 20k, including to... by simfree on Sunday December 04, 2022 @01:34AM (#33851198)
From what I've heard frontend engineers are considered less skilled than backend engineers at Google?
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Re:Amazon layoffs now expected to mount to 20k, including to... by tick_tock_tick on Sunday December 04, 2022 @02:03AM (#33851335)
That's the general thinking across the industry not just at Google.
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Re:Amazon layoffs now expected to mount to 20k, including to... by bigfoot675 on Sunday December 04, 2022 @02:50AM (#33851543)
I don't think so?
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Re:Amazon layoffs now expected to mount to 20k, including to... by sangnoir on Sunday December 04, 2022 @04:27AM (#33852009)
From my unscientific observations from 3+ years ago: frontend has a lower bar of entry, and more competition by being the default software engineering discipline of choice for those transitioning from Design roles or coding boot camps.

It also empirically paid less, all things being equal.

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