This is my personal blog, all opinions written are of my personal thoughts not my employer.
So you have just sent in your resume, you’re applying for a Front-end Engineer position at a company. Let’s just say, hypothetically, I am the hiring manager. What am I really looking for?
I am often asked “what does a ‘front-ender’ do?” My response has usually been, we start where the files are served out over http(s) all the way to the user. We work in the jsp, or whatever file will be served up. We handle the presentation and the interaction. We deal with: CSS/HTML/JavaScript, ActionScript/Flash, Silverlight, whatever. We handle… and it goes on and on. Not a very concise answer. It becomes a rather complicated answer very quickly.
Clojure Conj is THE conference for Clojure developers, which is promoted and sponsored by Relevance.
Today was one of the more interesting days I have had, in the tech world, in a long time. As many of you know I am a front-end developer, so finding myself at Clojure Conj was quite an experience. I was sure that I would feel like a duck out of water, and be reminded of that fact with every interview. Boy was I wrong. Instead, my co-host Ben Farrell (Runtime Expectations) and our CodeBass Radio Producer, Vicky Ryder, were welcomed with open arms. Now with that being said let me explain the title of this post. Continue reading