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> They know how the web works. They know what HTTP is, what HTTPS is, they know what TCP is. Maybe they even know a little bit about handshakes, or http2. Peop
by tinalumfoil 10y ago
> They know how the web works. They know what HTTP is, what HTTPS is, they know what TCP is. Maybe they even know a little bit about handshakes, or http2.
People hire front-end developers that don't know HTTP(S) is? It's literally in your browser's URL bar at every waking moment you browse the web.
Even if you're exaggerating, I don't get how one comment down is someone who'd only be impressed if they saw "a re-creation of Slack or Gmail that is comprehensive and actually looks and feels like the real thing, and handles errors correctly, and handles off-line mode, and has the performance of the original" and you're impressed with knowing what a blocking function is.
I'm not a front-end developer, but I come out of these threads more confused with what employers are looking for than going in.
- iandanforth 10y agoI'd say their standards are too high, they'd say mine are too low. :) In some ways it's like high-school vs college, they both have juniors but they are is worlds apart. This is true for companies as well. Our FE needs are relatively straightforward, the hard bits are all in our robots. In other companies FE is the product and hiring people who have no experience just isn't an option.