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I'd like to dig in a bit and wonder why despite using the term "frontend" several times, you never used the logical opposite in expressing your options ("backend"; the closest you came was the term "full stack")

I think you may want to explore whatever bias you have there: many opportunities are out there that really don't elevate the front-end (server-rendering is adequate, or they use Javascript sparingly), while tackling really big, interesting problems.

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The frontend/backend divide is very large at the moment, especially for new (or recent) developers.

I feel this is limiting, as I was lucky enough to learn at a time where it was all smooshed together (2000), and I felt comfortable enough jumping from one to the other and back again.

Thanks for the reply. I don't bias against backend development. Moreover, I am considering this option as one of the best. I haven't listed it because it seemed to me that already too many options on the list.

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