I really HOPE that there will still be demand for backend devs, but my fear is that backend is the first thing that MIGHT be commoditized. I don't hope so, but I discern a trend, frontend is more and more stealing the spotlight and many devs are saying "oh don't worry about the backend, we'll just use Firebase".
We'll see, but I wouldn't be surprised if 5 or 10 years from now frontend is where it's at, and backend has become marginal. Not because I want to or because I like it, but I see the writing on the wall.
But I really do hope I'm wrong, and this "prediction" isn't going to materialize.
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I really HOPE that there will still be demand for backend devs, but my fear is that backend is the first thing that MIGHT be commoditized. I don't hope so, but I discern a trend, frontend is more and more stealing the spotlight and many devs are saying "oh don't worry about the backend, we'll just use Firebase".
We'll see, but I wouldn't be surprised if 5 or 10 years from now frontend is where it's at, and backend has become marginal. Not because I want to or because I like it, but I see the writing on the wall.
But I really do hope I'm wrong, and this "prediction" isn't going to materialize.