# Landing a front-end job is hard

DevFeed: [Landing a front-end job is hard](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/landing-a-front-end-job-is-hard-34904.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://frontendfocus.substack.com/p/landing-a-front-end-job-is-hard>)

Author: Mads Brodt

Published: 2024-08-21T12:34:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Front-End Focus](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/front-end-focus.md>)

Topics: [Front end](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/frontend.md>), [Web Development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/web-development.md>), [Development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/development.md>), [Software Engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/software-engineering.md>)

Tags: [career](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/career.md>), [css](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/css.md>), [front-end](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/front-end.md>), [front-end-development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/front-end-development.md>), [html](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/html.md>), [javascript](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/javascript.md>)

## AI overview

The author recounts discovering front-end development through HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, building a career in the field, and observing that the job market for new front-end developers had become more competitive. The article states that one company received over 150 applicants for a front-end position and hired three.

## Source excerpt

Hey there, fellow front-end dev 👋