Large frontend projects can feel overwhelming and require extensive QA, akin to playing Jenga with boxing gloves.
Frontend developers may face challenges like inheriting slow React applications that take significant time for testing and building, causing frustration and leading to turnover.
The disparity in pay between backend and frontend developers is attributed to the difference in handling performance issues, with backend performance being prioritized over frontend performance.
Optimizing frontend performance is crucial to avoid costly backend problems that can range from thousands to millions of dollars.