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Douglas Karr Douglas Karr Follow on XLast Updated: Friday, December 28, 2018 5 minutes read
I had a great conversation with a transitioning veteran today who was eager to dive into development. He was disappointed because he was applying for junior front-end developer jobs throughout the region but walked away feeling unqualified and defeated. I encouraged him that the issue wasn’t his qualifications, the issue was confusion within our industry.
For the last two decades, I’ve sat on all sides of the online marketing wall – including consulting on and developing integrations, designing and testing user interfaces for user experience, product management to Country Email List develop and prioritize product features, back-end developer, front-end developer, and even designer. Much of the frustration and confusion I see in our industry is that the terminology is vague and the descriptions often overlap.
He thought a junior front-end development job might be a great entry-point into a career building websites. He associated front-end development with the aesthetics and interactions of the user. I had to explain while that’s true, no one hires a front-end developer to redesign their website. That’s a highly focused position that typically designs web application user experiences for large companies.