5 CAREER PROGRESSION

The preceding chapters examined the critical technologies required for front-end development as well as some of the other tools and methodologies you might be expected to use in your career. Let’s now look at the profession itself in a little more detail.

BECOMING A FRONT-END DEVELOPER

I know self-taught front-end developers as well as those who have entered the business after completing a PhD (though not necessarily in a sphere closely aligned to computer science). We have seen that the primary personal attributes required are empathy and curiosity – but these are requirements of most, if not all, professions, so what sets front-end developers apart? Knowledge of the tools, methods and techniques we have looked at thus ...

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