There is still a whole interview process in which I strongly advocate my visual skills along with tools and libraries I use. It would be easy for the interviewer to pivot the conversation to discuss my visual strengths that counter balance my weakness with some algorithmic based questions.
In my last 10 interviews, this has not happened. Very little importance is being focused on front end visual development.
It’s a rough issue. It should be fixed to be more inclusive of a developers full technical abilities in the full stack realm.
Example, I am not the dev you would put on a financial banking app backend. I am the dev that would develop engaging user interfaces or talk about accessibility features to ensure visual impaired can use the app.
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I understand how you feel... I'm not a frontend developer but I've a set of skills and opinions which are not the usual ones, and because of that I've a lot of difficulties in interviews. I've a good resume and everybody is happy about my work, but nobody cares.
The problem is (to me): companies don't even know what they want or why they have these interview processes. They're just copying everybody else who copy the Google and Twitter of this world.
The only solution I see and I try to develop: make friends and skip the interviews.
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There is still a whole interview process in which I strongly advocate my visual skills along with tools and libraries I use. It would be easy for the interviewer to pivot the conversation to discuss my visual strengths that counter balance my weakness with some algorithmic based questions.
In my last 10 interviews, this has not happened. Very little importance is being focused on front end visual development.
It’s a rough issue. It should be fixed to be more inclusive of a developers full technical abilities in the full stack realm.
Example, I am not the dev you would put on a financial banking app backend. I am the dev that would develop engaging user interfaces or talk about accessibility features to ensure visual impaired can use the app.
I understand how you feel... I'm not a frontend developer but I've a set of skills and opinions which are not the usual ones, and because of that I've a lot of difficulties in interviews. I've a good resume and everybody is happy about my work, but nobody cares.
The problem is (to me): companies don't even know what they want or why they have these interview processes. They're just copying everybody else who copy the Google and Twitter of this world.
The only solution I see and I try to develop: make friends and skip the interviews.