I think this article is pretty on the money. We&#x27;ve been looking to hire front-end developers in senior positions all over Australia for the last few months... and it has been tough.<p>What we often find is that people do a CompSci undergrad then find work in .Net or Java — only to realise a few months later that they much prefer to work as a FED (front-end developer) and didn&#x27;t even know it was an option. (front-end and back-end development are two very large and robust teams in my place of employment)<p>A bit part of that, as the author touches on, is that the skills required to be a good FED are varied (and not always specifically about programming). The root of the problem in Australia is that the front-end development position exists professionally but not academically.<p>Its difficult to find universities or courses which offer accreditation or certification in a front-end specific skill-set.