Do employers prioritize both front-end and back-end skills equally when hiring developers?

There are two very different types of people who hire developers: (1) technical people, and (2) non-technical people.

Technical people are discerning and know what they need and will hire front or back-end for the job they need to fill. Whereas non-technical people will not know what they need, and they will just expect you to do everything. Or they will defer to their technical colleagues to decide where you fit.

Overall the difference between back and front-end hiring is what priorities or features on the roadmap are needed most urgently by customers. If customers need more dashboards and intake forms or user interfaces, then more front-end developers get hired. If customers need more sophisticated analytics or data mapping or some ML model or anything else like that, then more back-end hires will happen.

The point is it 100% depends on the job. It’s different job-by-job.

Either way, good luck 👍🏻