Frontend vs Backend Software Development - Which should you learn?

Once you have mastered the basics of programming, you need to decide whether you want to be a frontend developer or a backend developer.

In this video, I cover:
- What skills do you need to be a frontend vs backend developer?
- Which is easier to learn of the two?
- Which pays more in the long run?
- Which one do I think you should pick?

Whichever path you pick, these roadmaps have you covered:
BECOME A FRONTEND DEVELOPER: https://academy.zerotomastery.io/a/aff_cdrk6dnx/external?affcode=441520_ijj9itwx
BECOME A BACKEND DEVELOPER: https://academy.zerotomastery.io/a/aff_qhzbk621/external?affcode=441520_ijj9itwx

? Every Sunday, I send out a free newsletter for engineers like you. It is packed full of advice, interesting finds from the week and a lot more: https://newsletter.alexhyett.com

❤️ If you would like to support my channel and get access to the code used in this video then check out my Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/AlexHyett

?️ Backend Developer Roadmap: https://www.alexhyett.com/backend-developer-roadmap/
☕️ Was this video useful for you? If you would like to support my videos, you can fuel my editing sessions with some much needed coffee - https://buymeacoffee.com/alexhyett

? RECOMMENDED COURSES (Use code FRIENDS10 for 10% off)
The Complete Web Developer Course - https://academy.zerotomastery.io/a/aff_r1613hhr/external?affcode=441520_ijj9itwx
The Complete Junior to Senior Web Developer Roadmap - https://academy.zerotomastery.io/a/aff_hpwn5xy9/external?affcode=441520_ijj9itwx
Complete SQL + Databases Bootcamp - https://academy.zerotomastery.io/a/aff_fd1vc7n6/external?affcode=441520_ijj9itwx

? RECOMMENDED BOOKS
Software Development
Clean Code - https://geni.us/5AEwj2
Clean Architecture - https://geni.us/yBrTX
Domain Driven Design - https://geni.us/WiR0Q0x
Design Patterns - https://geni.us/5ncUt
Developer Hegemony - https://geni.us/lAXy
Pragmatic Programmer - https://geni.us/GfNj9
Data Structures and Algorithms Made Easy - https://geni.us/sqg6kJ
Refactoring - https://geni.us/ufAP0mE
The Productive Programmer - https://geni.us/IT9WiN
Pragmatic Thinking and Learning - https://geni.us/x81A
Test Driven Development - https://geni.us/HFV52
Microservices - https://geni.us/8vMA

? MY FAVOURITE TOOLS
Visual Studio Code - https://code.visualstudio.com/
Obsidian - https://obsidian.md/
Notion - https://affiliate.notion.so/alexhyett

⏳ TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Introduction
00:21 What skills do you need?
00:29 Frontend skills
02:44 Backend skills
04:39 Which one is easier?
07:53 Which one pays more?
10:57 Which one should you pick?

You can check out more of my favourite tools on my website:
https://www.alexhyett.com/tech/

? MY KEY LINKS
? Blog - https://www.alexhyett.com/
? Mastodon - https://social.alexhyett.com/@alex

??WHO AM I
I’m Alex, a Software Developer and YouTube working in the UK. I make videos about software development to help developers with the skills they need to be senior developers. As well as this YouTube Channel, I also write articles on my website (https://alexhyett.com) as well as write a regular newsletter that contains some thoughts to help aspiring developers.

? GET IN TOUCH
If you’d like to talk, I would love to hear from you. Tweeting @alexhyettdev is probably the quickest way to get a response, but you can also email me at (mailto:[email protected]).

‼️ DISCLAIMERS
Some of the links in this description are affiliate links, which I get a small commission, at no extra cost to you ?. I appreciate you supporting my channel so I can continue providing you with free software development content!

If you want to support me directly then you can help fuel my long editing sessions by buying me a coffee (https://buymeacoffee.com/alexhyett) or signing up for Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/AlexHyett)
---------------------------------------------------------------------
Frontend Background image from this cool UI kit: https://creativemarket.com/themeselection/7031934-Materio-%E2%80%93-Admin-Dashboard-UI-Kit

#coding #programming #developer