Hacker News Reader

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

From what I've heard frontend engineers are considered less skilled than backend engineers at Google?

That's the general thinking across the industry not just at Google.

I don't think so?

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.

Reply on news.ycombinator.com