Insecurities of a frontender

@daveredfern @daveredfern @staffsWebMeetup Insecurities of a frontender

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@daveredfern Web Designer UI Designer Front End Developer Something else…
What am I?

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@daveredfern @daveredfern @staffsWebMeetup Insecurities of a frontender

@daveredfern Belongingness is the human emotional need to be an
accepted member of a group. What is belongingness?

@daveredfern Primary Secondary Reference Belongingness falls into three categories

@daveredfern Small clusters of people who share intimate and personal
relationships. Primary Groups

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@daveredfern Large clusters of people who have a mutually shared
purpose. Secondary Groups

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@daveredfern Groups we compare ourselves to for the purpose of
evaluating our behavior. Reference Groups

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@daveredfern Working class Choose a class Middle class

@daveredfern Geek Are you a geek?

@daveredfern Designer Which are you? Developer

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@daveredfern All code is not equal

@daveredfern If front end development was a brand. We’d be
having a brand crisis.

@daveredfern Front End Developer UI Developer Client-Side Developer UI Engineer
Who are we?

@daveredfern Design Engineer Front End Architect Designer / Developer Prototyper
Who are we?

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@daveredfern Understand UX principles and best practices Keen eye for
aesthetics Can write some JavaScript Understand the importance of backend development What is our role?

@daveredfern Designer What is a frontender? Developer

@daveredfern Designer Developer

@daveredfern Designer Developer Designer

@daveredfern Designer Developer Back End Developer

@daveredfern Designer Developer WordPress Developer

@daveredfern Designer Developer Front End Developer

@daveredfern Designer Developer Generalist

@daveredfern Versatilist Someone who can be a specialist for a
particular discipline, while at the same time be able to change to another role with the same ease.

@daveredfern “A UI Engineer’s ultimate goal is to create great
customer experiences, just like our designers. This is why they’re on the Design team.” Optimizely

@daveredfern “Front End Dev is a melting pot of design
& dev skills to implement accessible UIs to accepted standards.” FutureLearn

@daveredfern “It’s important that we have generalists that can bleed
across these lines. Up until a short while ago, we were not doing enough to foster the practice of design implementation.” Shopify

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@daveredfern “People who are skilled at frontend design are in
a great position to help bridge the divide between the design and development worlds.” Brad Frost

@daveredfern @daveredfern @staffsWebMeetup Thanks

Insecurities of a frontender

Insecurities of a frontender

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