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A bit off topic, but what skills should front-end web developers be working on right now?

That's too broad a question; you'd need to specify "front-end developers" in the context of their primary focus, first.

Are they game developers? Are they working on enterprise apps? Are they working on lead-gen landing pages for marketing companies? Data visualization? Accessibility-focused? etc...

Front-end is becoming increasingly specialized to a degree.

Enterprise apps and data visualization if you prefer, but I was actually curious about the broader answer for web.

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