Sure, but most companies don't seem to value Front End

Really? Front End is the customer-facing part of the web site. It's also the part of the stack, that non-technical people, including management, have opinions on.

Or do you mean something else?

	▲	netghost 4 days ago \| parent [-]
		They might have opinions about it, but look at the pay for frontend engineers at the same company. It's not uncommon to see the same seniority be 20% lower than a backend role.