Reality of Frontend Developers

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[@priyanshuganatra]

hey bro where are you from?

[@coolxify]

❤😂 bro that swegway was beautiful "have you tried becoming smarter😂" 😂😂😂lol

[@Strawberry_Htet]

man, that Indian mom accent is lit....

[@Satyam-mm1ct]

yupppp

[@earthling_parth]

Bro's definitely from India or has Indian origins

[@Lokiee007]

My Guy is an Indian

[@angeloalonzo5500]

Lmao

[@rahmanmusah4470]

Googol😂😂😂

[@PiyushSharma12479]

Prime is gonna be in shambles being depicted as bootcamp kid😂😂

[@_Lumiere_]

The price of that lost bet is getting ever steeper lol

[@ragedfalcon2397]

​@@mythbuster6126Please elaborate

[@negenalamjiyn6637]

@@mythbuster6126 Well, how about dive deeper? You still said nothing, the same take without any argument.

[@negenalamjiyn6637]

@@mythbuster6126 Welp, then you're all bark and no bite. When I make a claim, then at least I would want to present some substance, ya know.

[@mythbuster6126]

@@negenalamjiyn6637 Who told you that you will understand those details if I provide them to you? What is the main difference between a library and a framework when it comes to design patterns? If you answer this question right, I will give you "some substance"

[@amcmillion3]

Awesome vid. As a backend engineer I love the front end devs. Someone has to do that work and it sure as hell isn't going to be me.

[@aspiring_millionaire]

Frontend JS fiasco is the reason I am planning my giant pivot to backend and infra domain to stay the fuck away from it 🗿

[@yasine00]

lol

[@Roboprogs]

Gotta love Java 17 jettisoning the servlet API. Any existing back end binaries that used javax… have to have source updates to use jakarta… to get at request/response/query-parm stuff. So much for backward compatibility and stability. I’ve been programming apps since the mid 80s. JavaScript ain’t so bad.

[@davidchavarriamendez9091]

​@@aspiring_millionaire What do you mean?

[@AnthonyPaulT]

what's the fiasco, React is pretty chill. the BE is a mess, ORMS, DBS, onion architecture DDD, so much gargabe@@aspiring_millionaire

[@noeljose]

JS being a pain in the neck is no longer a skill issue, it is a cold hard fact. Today my NextJS frontend crashed in the client review. there was around 15 people from the client company and 2 of my managers. I was grilled for 30 min straight. finally the issue was - backend dev changed the api key header value from "api-key" to "api_key".

[@dannydozie9683]

Sorry man. 😅

[@canra245]

😅

[@eltonmombeshora6183]

damn cuz, I hope you good now.

[@atanudebbarma2509]

🤣🤣

[@mohitashliya8750]

Wow even this happens

[@zzy6642]

I dont even know 80% of what are you talking about but I feel like I should be worried

[@vaisakhkm783]

Tldr; one day you will get a soul curshing job with regrets that follows you into your grave...

[@Kukkizu]

just a funny relatable rant for front end devs with some over exaggeration

[@blaaarp4u]

Pivot to Backend

[@Karan-gh9ki]

bro def indian origin

[@aspiring_millionaire]

The "my son got into gOoGoLe" was too convincing

[@pyrojackson9001]

bro no shit his accent isnt but those sneaky references either his gf is of indian origin or this guy was born in india

[@Karan-gh9ki]

yeah bro farming indian viewers fair game tbh@@pyrojackson9001

[@thefireyphoenix]

@@pyrojackson9001 he could have indian origin. His accent still sounded a lot like previlidged western indian kid

[@ultimaxkom8728]

@@thefireyphoenix You just had to say privileged huh.

[@chrisc7265]

Being the only tech guy who has to manage full stack is definitely the best scenario it's more actual work, but the amount of red tape you avoid makes it balance out

[@TehKarmalizer]

So far I’ve only worked in environments with little red tape for the work I’m doing, and I’m honestly grateful. I know why it’s there, but it would be so exhausting.

[@ace9463]

I have been in the same place, and trust me, it's extremely exhausting

[@Sick_Pencil]

I was the only data engineer for a video streaming company that operated in 28 countries responsible of everything data and while it was a torture I was happy I had admin rights on everything I need. THEN they hired a "lead" who wanted to do it the right way by opening jira ticket for every action, request approval for every admin task and have both morning and evening standups what I did and will do. Quitted not long after.

[@alexale5488]

When you're full stack and you're alone on the project you pretty much can use whatever technology you want. Personally I go HTMX.

[@dheerajsinghnagdali]

When he said why is it taking so long, it hit my soul

[@davideyt1242]

ahh that is what most project managers who other than going through a 3-month PM course always complain about... since other than making shiny reports and presentations they don't have any idea how anything in the project they suppose to manage work or why. that is when the stupid demands such as "how much does it take to move this list to the other side? 5 minutes?" type of questions come into play.. and it is indeed nerve wrecking. they live in a world of MS Paint, they have no idea that a software component is not a layer slide in a Power-point presentation that is drag-and-drop :D

[@dheerajsinghnagdali]

@@davideyt1242 Indeed

[@gauravshah7888]

Man the query at the search bar at 3:00 is crazy😂😂

[@iamwithinyourhome]

as a backend guy i can respect the pain y’all go through dealing with bugs. every time i start a react project for fun i lose my mind and quit within a week because i just can’t tolerate how indecipherable the errors can be

[@manishtaker8622]

React bugs are the worst man

[@dimitar-stoev]

React itself is a bug that should be removed

[@feintfoot1589]

😅🤣😂@@dimitar-stoev

[@zakichoudhury8501]

being a react dev I laughed out loud at this. It's not so bad man 😂😂@@dimitar-stoev

[@romainvincent7346]

By "within a week" you mean after about an hour, right? Right?!🤣

[@andrastoth3934]

I worked on backend, frontend, test automation. One of the hardest tasks were adding some animation without producing spaghetti code, creating fluid layout (it's very geometric, very logical, hardcore engineering - send them any slob that thinks that's not real engineering because tailwind _EXISTS_ and they can put 600 classes on 1 sad button) AND installing a different python version _without_ ruining all the other python scripts on your machine. Not to mention finding _any_ relevant log in a Java application, that's also extremely hard. All in all a great CSS architecture is possible, but requires planning and experience.

[@merotuts9819]

"Aay bhabhiji, my beta got into googol" 🤣

[@meltygear5955]

You also forget about the backend developer who actually has a lot of Razor and jQuery to write, on top of 20+ lines SQL queries in notepad because you don't have database access to have real data, only schema locally.

[@TehKarmalizer]

Not having at least a test database with an identical schema and fake data is criminal. It’s so much easier to make mistakes without a way to test and verify.

[@metaltyphoon]

This man ASPs

[@shadmansudipto7287]

I do that.

[@undudeme]

Man was strumming my pain with his fingers, singing my life with his words.

[@GratefulCoder]

2:55 LMAO

[@ripple123]

way too accurate 🤣

[@SA-gu3ed]

LOL😂

[@ambujmittal6824]

so what? My beta got a govenment job 😎😎 #IndianThings

[@araararara]

😂

[@vishnu2407]

​@@ambujmittal6824😂😂😂

[@nick.h7566]

Lololol!!! That accent was 🔥 Keep being real BigBox, love the content!

[@murtajiz545]

You make this absolute war zone of a career field a little bit better. Love ya BB

[@programmernextdoor8303]

I feel so seen. Thank you.

[@alexismoreno]

Dude, this brilliant ad is so subtle that I ate it without even realizing it.

[@DeltaXML_Ltd]

Interesting video, keep it up!

[@karoliszukas2736]

Worked in industry for 5 years. This video hit harder than my daddy.

[@pranavdeshpande4942]

OMG you are amazing!

[@abhisheksah1867]

Damn bro !!! nice stuff

[@santanu29]

What I learned in this video: Reality of Frontend Developers ❌ Reality of bigboxSWE ☑ Dude's Indian.

[@mithunmahaadevan463]

i think he is from tamilnadu

[@hdjfjd8]

​@@mithunmahaadevan463 He could be from Andhra ,Karnataka ,Telangana ,Kerala or heck even Nagaland ?

[@RajdeepJadeja]

@@hdjfjd8 Might have an Indian origin

[@eango]

"all of the blame and none of the credit" i felt that :[

[@Metruzanca]

0:47 - wait, you got typescript? Jokes aside, still loads of orgs using vanillajs and man is it a pain. Redux? Nah, bro, we've got Tom's redux wrapper, it makes using redux so much easier. Trust me, tom is a genius. What type is this entity object? No clue, nobody knows.

[@Roboprogs]

Wait, I said I wanted Clojurescript, what’s this Typescript rubbish???

[@YTChannel344]

When Backend tells to fix an error it takes hours trying to look at JavaScript console and trying to figure out what went wrong. Then it's constant Stack Exchange visits, until you keep scratching your head to see what works, you pull your hair out in anxiety until you go bald and finally solve the issue.

[@gitgudchannel]

I wasn't prepared for this amount of realism

[@sameulproductions2789]

Damn ur first sponsor, good work man :)

[@sabuein]

Thanks, bro.

[@abhishekkhatana1256]

Big box are you Indian 😂😂

[@TomNook.]

Ripping into Indian parents, no one else does that 😂

[@ripple123]

has to be, the indian mum impression was way too good

[@fluffsenpai]

He's deff indian. that impression was perfect.

[@somfierce]

Longer bigbox video woooo

[@adamgonzales8677]

love how the Fireship theme is adapted to other yt creators.

[@editor_ayush06]

man roasted us just for a sponsorship video

[@donnmichaelcleofe7132]

Love your humor xD

[@priyankishore]

Did i just watch an elaborate ad??

[@NewBIE-xz5jm]

Bro woke up! up and choose !Frontend!

[@MrBrady95]

Who had the idea to over engineer the front end and make that process so complicated that it takes years to learn? No one, it just happened! The "market" simply adjusted by catering to users short attention spans. The faster and more seamless user experience was something that became an inflated "value" and highly sought after. My question is, "why do I think that learning and keeping up with frontend frameworks is a good use of time?" I enjoy it, but to a point. I can also admit that the value is inflated. I'm probably avoiding something, like the rest of us who immediately move to a new service if it's a few milliseconds 'slower' than another. Maybe things need to break before I'm willing to see where the issue really is.

[@fadhilinjagi1090]

Fastify and Express implied😁, or is it Vue vs Svelte or Astro

[@youseflourdx6531]

1:52 Brazil Mentioned!!! Let's go

[@jaddadzakaria]

lessss go

[@MrLucasEss]

HUE HUE HUE KKKKKKKKKKKKKK

[@renoinformatica4311]

🐒

[@cafe5265]

Uma vez flamengo

[@augustonks]

salve o corintinas

[@xurubo6437]

BRAZIL MENTIONED

[@tankmohit]

Oh man, that line at 2:55 hits hard.

[@fronbasal]

Great video man. What a sad state…

[@novanoskillz4151]

As an 8 year frontend dev. This is why i finally called it quits. New libraries, new frameworks, white boarding, etc. it took the fun out of it. Its is stressssfuullll

[@whatsupbudbud]

Don't know what you're talking about, I love being a FE dev. Actually started with BE, tried many sorts in multiple companies and FE is where I'm at. I used to have a picky FE lead in my team but, after I talked with the most senior FE dev in the company, he got rotated to another team and now everyone's happy. But I do understand that this is not the same for everyone, so here - you have my condolences.

[@ramanujangunturu4996]

Do u read my mind or smth 😂 cuz everytime i think about something your video gets released lmao

[@HarshDoes]

"Oo bhabhiji, my beta got into Google" 😂😂 2:55

[@AK-vx4dy]

Would be funny if not was so truth 😅😂 Excellent choice of graphics and memes, music is double ironic in some sense. I'm impressed by wide representation of diffrent kinds and niches of topic, great job.

[@yellowsmiley]

"You're surrounded by a great crew of 50 somethings with about as much enthusiasm as a wet paper bag" 😂😂 Literally every company I've ever worked for

[@tonyblox]

What a way to motivate fellow frontend devs...

[@prateekrajput2646]

o bhabhi ji my beta got into google🤣 bro are you desi ?

[@adreto2978]

Ppl who think front end is easy literally have only ever coded todo lists

[@Nalopotato]

OH MY GOD...the spiel about the corporate work environment is insanely accurate

[@deltapi8859]

"consulting, banking or walmart" everything in this video is accurate.

[@earthling_parth]

My goodness that Brilliant plug...

[@victorz7748]

As someone working on computational stuffs on the backend, I always think frontend guys make real cool stuffs, even if it's just a button fr

[@somnolence5339]

I enjoy being full stack developer with bleeding edge tech But in reality I have to fix bugs in frontend that was made with angularjs, jquery+kendo or some special legacy abomination like server rendered XML->XSLT->HTML :)

[@rajgopal2513]

This is so relatable...

[@Risha8h]

Feel pain contemplate pain know pain😂 those who know pain who can understand frontend development... - Nagato 😂

[@mothegoat6865]

Wild for this 😂

[@kjyu4539]

superb

[@tedfitzpatrickyt]

OMG that thumbnail 🤣🤣🤣

[@youMatterItDoesGetBetter]

“More keyboards than friends.” Dammmmmmmn

[@Bean-kw2xp]

Me: Mom can we watch fireship? Mom: We have fireship at home Fireship at home:

[@mr.someone5679]

"We really do be pawns in a game of billionaire ego chess" i've been thinking a lot about that recently.

[@junzhengca]

If you have ever worked with Gmail FE, at least 4 years ago. I’d rather raw dog some Ajax using jquery. It was pure pain. No wonder the settings page haven’t been updated since launch.

[@playboycity]

That was all so true, that hit me hard

[@visheshpandey2001]

2:32 this clip makes no sense in the video but can anyone share the full video link of this clip?

[@VeeWebCode]

very good sir

[@zephyrabysstrinity]

As an Indian it engineer your Indian accent is on the point.

[@enderan27]

There are companies that are corporate, open and innovative... but that is for backend devs, cloud engineers and architects 😂

[@SageChaozu]

It's still so confusing for me with the idea of the UX developer role. This is mainly because where I work the back end and front is sort of fused together. It's really based on what task you are given as to where you are working in. I need to talk to our development team (yeah we have two but no ux team) what they think about it.

[@in4merATP]

This is sooooo accurate

[@HikaruAkitsuki]

It took me 3 months to just custom my navbar from scratch.

[@isimbulamadmobenibulsun660]

literally everyone around me was learning and wanting to be front end just for simply this reason I decided to NOT be like everyone

[@roronoa_d_law1075]

"more keyboards than friends" bruh 😭

[@user-xc1vr9fb8q]

2:19 Just kidding got me.

[@sweetjimmy]

nice... but where can i get that keyboard at 0:21?

[@cocoscacao6102]

An entire video that served as a perfect segue to a commercial. Forget coding, get your @$$ to marketing

[@sahilverma_dev]

2:55 DAMN 🤣🤣

[@anandkumar-wf1so]

bigbox's indian accent>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

[@anikets4699]

"Bhabhi ji mera beta got into google" 😂😅😂😅😂😂😅😂😅

[@qudduszafar5464]

Superb

[@dhruv2985]

congrats on ur first (ig?) AD.

[@ivandrofly]

0:44 Damn

[@c00per_]

I literally started react course today.

[@codehub_00]

I like how the era of SkillShare is gone and its Brilliant now.

[@LaughingRam]

This hit home so hard. Except Azure DevOps tickets, not Jira.

[@sanderdejong66]

Oh, we have both. Without automatic syncing 🥴

[@latedriver9019]

Being full stack makes everything hurt more.

[@seannewell397]

U did good.

[@karolbielen2090]

0:36 this meme is so true...

[@julczka]

This is goooooooold

[@pengurrito7136]

"You're gonna need a Jira ticket for that." "You're gonna need a Jira ticket for that." "You're gonna need a Jira ticket for that." "You're gonna need a Jira ticket for that." "You're gonna need a Jira ticket for that." "You're gonna need a Jira ticket for that."

[@filippo7516]

I'm currently studying React on Udemy (I already studied JavaScript , HTML and CSS) becacuse I would like to work remotely.. I have no previous experience in programming. Do you think Is something achievable? Or should I stop ? Thanks

[@ricksanchez207]

I have been binging bigboxSWE vids, I suddenly have the urge to see his face. Take a screenshot, make it as a desktop wallpaper so I can see his face behind my neovim,.

[@stefanalecu9532]

A bit creepy ngl

[@San-tp6jl]

i cant believe that i have watched a four minutes ad. A bit pi$$ed off but a depressing and informative video

[@sakshamchanana6771]

"Ohh Bhabhi ji, My beta got into google" was personal😂😂😂

[@martynasgoberis9137]

Omg 😂😂 this is great

[@75hilmar]

0:11 can someone tell me the name of this movie?

[@Grandalf3004]

0:13 me, a backend engineer, yelling at myself when im doing frontend work

[@br0ken_107]

I used to do brilliant (advanced math and physics) in high school but am still noob and unemployed. (despite getting into the best college in the country.)

[@MultiWaveWave]

as a frontend dev, I approve this message.