Why You Should Become A Front End Developer

Today we would be exploring the journey i took to research for my friend a new skill – where i came across a new skill Front End Developer. The new technology buzzword that is gradually picking up. In the journey we explore  why becoming a front end developer is good career option.

Last day I received an email from my friend Jammie. He had been Sales Rep in electronics industry in New York. He wanted to move his career & want to learn a new skill. He asked me for a help to figure out skills he should learn in next three months. As he was fearing a slowdown, his company is facing. He seems a bit worried.

After, searching few options I found certain areas in economy are not growing fast. But growing damn fast. In technology there is a scarcity of people in certain areas of economy. Last few year technology field has change drastically. New emerging technologies like front end development, Cloud, AI & Mobile have the huge demand in the industry. Salaries in this area seems far higher than the regular industries.

Only reason salaries are higher because these technologies are relatively new so there is an acute skill shortage of people in the Industry. So if somebody can learn these skills chances of getting the good starting job increase drastically.

Font end developer is responsible for front side of the website. In last decade most of the website where built on back-end technologies like PHP, Ruby or a similar one. But as technologies have evolved the front end & back end technologies have evolved. And in the last few years a Skillset for front end developer has evolved.

To become a front end developer, you need to have skills of following three Front end technologies.

 This is next generation version of java script. You have to start learning with typescript based on newly drafted ECMA Standards.

If i have to explain this in non technical way, The way you see a particular website that has images, navigation, color, content, user interaction, user experience & Interactivity in the website are the responsibility of the front end developer. There is scope to be creative & logical at same, which is rare in most jobs.

Next questions in how long it takes to become front end developer. Well answer would be it takes time to become good front end developer. But with few months of learning & practice you can get a starting. A serious effort to learn & practice is required , just as you need to do in any skill.

Based on several job sites data I have estimated salary of $90000 for the front end developer in United States. The salary could be far lower for the junior developer & higher for senior developer. I collected the data based on few big job boards. Degree in engineering program definitely gives edge & more scope to the developers.

First thing is you need to install few technologies like NodeJs, Type Script, Angular & to start to create your first fronted application you with need IDE. There are several but i would recommend a free IDE as of now.

There are several courses available online free & paid to learn front end development. If you search YouTube you may find some serious authors who have uploaded the (partial) courses. Problem with this approach is you may end up learning old courses as there are frequent version changes, which you may find it problematic as you would know only after your course has already moved ahead. So I would recommend to invest some money in good front end developer course.

A good course would help you move faster & supporting community can put you in fast track. My next post i review several available front end developer program on several platforms.

Next question arises where we can find jobs for the front end developer, Ideally there is whole list that can be build upon so i plan to update a compile a list of Job sites & list of freelance marketplaces for front end developers.