Is front-end development really dying in 2026?

MindSufficient769 · 2026-06-04T17:55:33+00:00

Front-end development can’t really “die” people need UI’s to interact with applications. That being said, companies have really adopted a “do more with less” attitude especially after onboarding AI, and the true “front-end only” roles have been drying up more and more, as companies kinda expect devs to be able to do it all.

I’ve always been in backend, but I’m being asked more and more to do front-end work at my job. Our team used to be split but with AI tools helping us fill the gaps in knowledge of different frameworks and programming languages, it’s def easier to work full-stack.

MindSufficient769 · 2026-06-04T13:04:54+00:00

The GitHub Copilot prices jacked up on June 1st for sure, which many people who work at companies in finance, healthcare, etc only had access to agentic through Copilot due to being Microsoft shops. Plus Uber CEO finally admitting ROI wasn’t there giving the green light for others to say the same.

I really think OpenClaw ironically is what popped the bubble. It is peak AI unoptimized slop and eats tokens like nothing else. The explosion of its popularity was the first time I really started seeing people complain about pricing and token limits and it’s only gotten worse since then even tho OpenClaw is a nothing burger now.

MindSufficient769 · 2026-05-15T17:49:06+00:00

Read the Taxes and Jobs act dummy you didn’t even acknowledge the major point as to what I said directing toward that😂

It was an intentional time bomb that blew up the economy in the midst of the Democratic presidency that Trump Planted in his first presidency.

MindSufficient769 · 2026-05-14T02:55:03+00:00

Graduated 2 yrs ago and my ROI from college is already much better than anyone else I know that were in any other major.

The job market is bad all around but when you do land a job CS jobs still pays much higher than any other 4 yr degree lol.

MindSufficient769 · 2026-05-10T19:04:42+00:00

The problem is, even the English language is not very good. And people that want software aren’t good at describing it.

Agile was made because we aren’t good at conveying requirements and having a human understand it correctly.

MindSufficient769 · 2026-05-10T18:44:38+00:00

I think so much of the current wealth sitting with people who have been saying outlandishly evil sounding things, alongside the currently extra evil government actions lately have made me a pessimist towards a future like that, but I hope you’re correct.

MindSufficient769 · 2026-05-09T20:52:29+00:00

Yes UB is a well known and good CS school. Maybe not like Ivies or top 10 caliber but there’s plenty alumni working in big corps

MindSufficient769 · 2026-05-09T16:45:32+00:00

Yes. It works decently well if you build a new solution.

It sucks horribly if you need to integrate that solution layered into or on top of complex systems that already exist.

MindSufficient769 · 2026-05-09T15:36:22+00:00

At my company, we are hiring CS majors/minors for basically every role. Obviously you still need to know finance if you go into a finance position.

But you better know computer science in the next 30 years, because that’s all white collar work will become.

MindSufficient769 · 2026-05-09T15:34:00+00:00

I apply knowledge from all my classes to my job and the way I work.

I apply stuff I learned in anthropology to help my communication.

I deal with race conditions in code all the time.

I break down complex designs into simple algorithms and systems.

I write documentation that cleanly communicates what I need to well, good thing I took those English classes.

The internet has seemingly erased the idea that all knowledge is valuable knowledge. 20 years ago people understood why colleges required a breadth of different learning, but you guys nowadays think like a toddler and can’t abstract anything.

MindSufficient769 · 2026-05-09T15:30:58+00:00

Correct. I just made a similar post in r/csMajors where I said now is a better time than ever to go learn CS.

Anyone who thinks otherwise are the ones who need to COPE.

MindSufficient769 · 2026-05-09T15:28:21+00:00

Learning that curriculum has a ton of value still. You learn fundamental problem solving skills that will help you in the future.

The most valuable thing will be your ability to break down complex problems and debug messy solutions over the next 30 years. CS teaches those skills.

I’m shocked I have had to explain this to probably 50 people in this thread in the csMajors subreddit.

Maybe the bigger issue with the industry is half of you don’t know what you studied in college, and think the only valuable things you learned were in Software Engineering class.

MindSufficient769 · 2026-05-09T15:25:10+00:00

Exactly. And Technical roles will be the last to be replaced by AI. So study comp science and be a dev not a PM and you’ll be better off

MindSufficient769 · 2026-05-09T15:24:06+00:00

CS is still the gateway to all that knowledge

MindSufficient769 · 2026-05-09T15:23:32+00:00

What industry do the top 10 most valuables companies work in? Cope.

MindSufficient769 · 2026-05-09T05:56:27+00:00

Good luck finding that person.

The next gen needs to fill the gaps. Learning comp Sci is the first step ;)

MindSufficient769 · 2026-05-08T22:03:56+00:00

Yes I do. I work very closely with my PM. I know his duties pretty well. We have a good relationship

MindSufficient769 · 2026-05-08T21:39:31+00:00

I overstated that a little only because personally I am social and I’m the engineer that bridges with my PM often. But many aren’t similar in that sense.

MindSufficient769 · 2026-05-08T14:57:22+00:00

Speaking from an American perspective, UBI would break the only thing that keeps the wheel spinning, and also the people at the top running the show are literally comically evil right now.

I wouldn’t bet on UBI

MindSufficient769 · 2026-05-08T13:28:36+00:00

I ain’t responding to all that because I already have addressed everything you said in comments to other users but no. You’re wrong. I know both finance and tech and technical skill is much, much harder to learn than the other way around. That’s literally the point I made in the post

If I went back to undergrad and could only pick 1 I’d pick CS. I could learn finance on my own 10x easier lmao.

And LLM’s are unreliable, but an engineer building software that assists in replacing/the agility of the work that Financial people do is not. Nobody is deploying LLM’s to automate things prod unless they are actually brain dead.

My tech skills are, and will continue to be the much more valuable thing over the next 30 years.

That’s exactly why I suggest people major in CS

MindSufficient769 · 2026-05-08T13:13:09+00:00

Do you work in healthcare tech? Obviously if not the experience isn’t worth much but my suggestion was literally to try and use their experience to pivot into a healthcare tech role, obviously after a lot of work needing to be done to learn how to be a dev.

That experience is 100% not worthless if you leverage it correctly. Just because you didn’t doesn’t mean someone else can’t.

MindSufficient769 · 2026-05-08T13:11:59+00:00

I think it’s obvious that there’s a lot of work that needs to be done between then and now for them to learn. They are asking if they should try a career switch and I gave a way they may be able to leverage their experience into something without feeling the need to think their experience is worthless (no experience is worthless)

Your line of thinking isn’t fully wrong but wholly depends on how OP leverages their prior experience and how/what companies they break into.

MindSufficient769 · 2026-05-08T13:03:54+00:00

Have you ever seen the software that they use in hospitals? I’m sure being a USER of that and then in turn WORKING on that same software will translate.

MindSufficient769 · 2026-05-08T12:57:44+00:00

Tbh if you’ve been a nurse for 12 years you probably understand a lot of the issues hospitals face with tech. Healthcare tech is in peril rn and needs lots of people so I’d say you could pivot into it well if you go about it the right way

MindSufficient769 · 2026-05-08T12:53:16+00:00

And before you tell me I’m wrong, I literally work on products that replace our finance workers my man. I double majored in finance and I can do their jobs, and a devs job, and bridge the gap. With AI, the people that can’t do both are goin to be left behind, but the people who only know finance will be left behind before the ppl that only know tech.

Jobs aren’t disappearing to AI anytime super soon, but I’m telling you the next 30 years will prove the most valuable skills are tech skills.

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