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Depends what you mean by front-end engineer. If you are interested in front-end work I would focus on brushing up on your UX and design skill. I have no particular need for someone who only knows how to implement a front end based on an exact spec, I would however love to have a developer on my team who can actually both come up with and implement a good looking, easy to use front end.

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As a graphic designer turned developer, yes - there's an enormous amount of demand for designer/developer hybrid.

This is not realistic. UX, design and HTML/CSS/JS(this one's a beast)

Have all become complex such that it's rare to find someone who can handle all aforementioned roles efficiently. Web UI's are becoming complex everyday, and rightly so as the world has demanded more from the web.

It is very unrealistic to handle all roles or find someone who does.

It’s not that unrealistic if the team is willing to let go of the idea of finding someone that’s perfect in all three: UX, design and front-end.

Teams just have to find a person that’s effective given their existing team and their immediate goals. I have broad skills across all three but double-down on whatever vertical the team I’m working with needs the most help with and this does not require me having to handle all three roles perfectly.

I don't think it's any less realistic than hoping to find someone who understands front-end, back-end and databases, and yet 'we' ask for that all the time.

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