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Recently I changed jobs and moved from being a front end dev to a backend dev role. Less framework chasing, more architectural concerns / long term planning, slower pace of development / expectations from stake holders and double the pay. For reference: I used to do backend dev but I did FE exclusively since 2016.

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> ..and double the pay.

The problems seem to be harder on the backend, henceforth more challenging and interesting. Also optimizing code for AWS directly contributes to the bottom line of a company. So if you save $10k a month because you optimized some service, it's more likely to be rewarded.

Optimizing web pages make page loads faster, but doesn't necessarily contribute to the bottom line.

It does but its hard to quantify, if your site loads in 4 seconds but after a change the sites loading time becomes 8 seconds you will lose some people who will be annoyed and wont sign up.

Google bots might prefer another site which loads faster compared to your site which will affect SEO.

How did go from frontend for 5-6 years to backend?

When I interview, I prep for full stack engineer roles. Company interviewed me for full stack role and then offered me a backend position (cause I "performed very well" in the system architecture rounds).

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