I develop front-end, mostly React, and I find it to be a lot of fun. The large community has resulted in some amazing tooling, and the unopinionatedness of React means I can write code in the way I like.
> I've never developed for the web out of fear of talking employers into recruiting me as a UI/UX designer.
I do think that as developers we need to help with design in some limited ways. Often designers will miss things. How is this going to look at different screen widths? Is this accessible? Does this function the way users expect websites to function? I give quite a bit of feedback to designers I work with. But nobody who ever saw me design something from the ground up would try to get me to do it full-time.
> I've never developed for the web out of fear of talking employers into recruiting me as a UI/UX designer.
I do think that as developers we need to help with design in some limited ways. Often designers will miss things. How is this going to look at different screen widths? Is this accessible? Does this function the way users expect websites to function? I give quite a bit of feedback to designers I work with. But nobody who ever saw me design something from the ground up would try to get me to do it full-time.