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Soft Skills
Before we jump on to the technical skills there are few non-technical or soft skills that every employer is going to demand, so make sure to work on that side of the things as well when you are preparing yourself technically
- Communication skills — Talking to your colleagues, writing emails, use of language
- Teamwork — Working with others, sharing responsibilities, apart from personal goals, achieving goals as a team
- Adaptability — Being able to adapt according to the situations, changes and pressure at the workplace
- Emotional Intelligence — Empathy, being able to understand the emotions of those around you.
- Work Ethics and Integrity — Being able to follow through on your duties in timely and quality manner.
- Be Curious — Your curiosity is going to help you a great deal in evolving yourself. Don't just take things as they are, look at the reasoning behind the things. Look at the things that others are building, learn from them. Look at what community is most excited about these days.
Technical Skills
In order to be a frontend developer, all you need is to learn HTML, CSS and JavaScript. Just learn these and you should be employable. I know a lot of developers who just know these and are working as frontend developers and are making decent money
- HTML
- CSS
- JavaScript
Frontend development is broad and there are further skills that are in play but those can be gained over time. All you need is to learn the above three and start making projects ..lots of them. This is how you will hone your skillset and continue to grow.
Having said that, the skills and the relevant expertise in those skills varies from the job level, have a look at the landscape to get an idea about everything that is there in Frontend Development.