The Front End Engineering Spectrum: The Roles

Following up on my previous post about the generic types of front end engineers, this post will deal with the common roles that I see people trying to fill. Unlike the previous list which was written solely from the perspective of a front end engineer, looking at the actual skill sets of the people whose […]

The Front End Engineering Spectrum- The Three Generic Types of Front End Engineers

As both a hiring manager and as a potential employee, I’ve seen both sides of the interview/hiring process and have noticed some definite categories when it comes to the type of people filling the roles and the roles themselves. This post deals with the types of people. I’ll follow up with a post outlining the […]

More On Interviewing Front End Engineers- If You Ask About Something, Really KNOW It (With an Example Based on the W3C Box Model)

I’m going to be writing a bit more about practical development topics here over the next few weeks. Code is fun to write about but code takes time. Sharing my experience and opinions on the day-to-day life of a front end engineer I can do with a little less effort. Also, since I’ve been doing […]

Yahoo!’s Graded Browser Support to Downgrade IE6 in Q1 2011

I’m a big fan of the Graded Browser Support table from the fine folks at Yahoo! It was the official foundation for our browser support policy at Cramer and I still look to it now for hints into what one of the most mass-market of all sites thinks about the browser landscape.

Interviewing With Me? Here’s an Easter Egg. I’ll ask you this JavaScript Question During the Interview.

We’re hiring in my group. Cool, right? So, I’m once again interviewing. Yay me. Since I’m no longer running a group I don’t have to worry about any of the administrative type things (“this is what the company is about,” “this is what we do,” etc.) That’s good as it just allows me to test […]