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? 📨 Free Newsletter: https://www.alexhyett.com/newsletter/ — Join my free weekly newsletter for advice, technology and more. ❤️ Support my channel: https://www.alexhyett.com/supporters/ — Say thanks by buying me a coffee or becoming a loyal supporter. 🎓 Courses: https://www.alexhyett.com/courses/ — Like the way I teach? You might like my courses too! 👨‍💻 All Code: https://code.alexhyett.com/alexhyett/youtube-code — Links to all the code for my YouTube videos can be found here. ⏳ CHAPTERS 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? 🔗 SOCIAL LINKS 🐘 Mastodon — https://social.alexhyett.com/@alex 💼 LinkedIn — https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexhyett/ ☁️ Bluesky — https://bsky.app/profile/alexhyett.com 🧑‍💻 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. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Frontend Background image from this cool UI kit: https://creativemarket.com/themeselection/7031934-Materio-%E2%80%93-Admin-Dashboard-UI-Kit #coding #programming #developer