It's been 10 years since I started my career as a web designer, then there wasn't any role called UI dev, UX, XD etc. And we were not the most respected people in the industry, we were not well paid, many of us doesn't even knew what could be the way forward in-terms of career growth.
But we still continued only because we loved what we were doing, though we had dilemma about whether we are on the right track during our tough times, but from our subconscious we believed its the right thing and continued with it.
It was fun, it was different, it had creativity, it had challenges different from usual software challenges, over the period of time we acquired skills, skills that are unique in the industry, skills that are now most wanted in the modern software development, skills that can be premium across platforms, devices, products etc.
One thing the time taught us, that you do what you love and believe and be patient, it will pay you back and pay you back at the right time when you would need the most.
Our subconscious still says the same and consciously we could see it too, that its still growing, growing bigger than never before, we look forward to the coming decades with the surprises and challenges that its gonna bring on our way. We are proud do be the Front End Engineers