The layout that still holds at 320 pixels. The hero image that doesn't block first paint. The form that tells you exactly what went wrong. That's the work I enjoy, and it's the part clients feel even when they can't name it.
I studied Information Technology at Cordova Public College, started on the frontend, and moved steadily down the stack — APIs, databases, and the servers everything runs on.
These days that means Vue and Nuxt or Next.js on the front, Laravel behind them, and Docker containers on a VPS or AWS. I care about how a codebase reads six months later as much as how the page looks on launch day.
I also teach web development part-time, which is the fastest way I've found to notice what I only half-understand.