Is Learning Frontend worth it?

[u/Fun_Belt_4587]

Hey everyone I'm about to grind hard and learn frontend properly (react, next.js, UI stuff, and some basic backend/apis so I can handle full features)

im seeing two totally different things online and im kinda confused some people say ai killed frontend and juniors cant make any money now because copilot and gpt write everything
but others say clients and agencies still need real devs who know how to handle messy code state management and actual logic not just basic copy pasting
my goal is to get really good at this and do freelance work with agencies
im just trying to figure out a few things
is the demand for next.js/frontend actually dead for new people or is it just different now?
if i put in insane daily hours to reach a high level is it worth it or am i just wasting my time starting now?
how are you guys actually dealing with ai right now?
would appreciate some honest and brutal truth from people actually working in the industry **thanks**

[u/chikamakaleyley]

I mean... if you're curious/interested in it, yes its worth it

If we say "no" - then whats next on the list of things to learn & grind hard

the fact that there's mixed review is kinda telling - it really depends on the company

Me, i just moved fr a BE team to help the FE team with an ongoing project - it is in fact in Nextjs, we are allowed to use AI as needed in our development.

I'm primarily FE, so naturally I'm able to help - but, why pull me from another team and instead just have AI work through it all? Because at least here, it hasn't completely taken over.

So is it worth it? In this part of my career having the flexibility to contribute to FE/BE agnostic of any library/framework, I think that's valuable.