[jordache]

Out of the UX skillset listed:

conducting user research, site architecture, wireframing, prototyping, user testing, UI designing

Other than research and site architecture, those are the same things a good broadly skilled front end developer would/could/like to do as well.

[macandcheese]

Or a good broadly skilled designer ;)

[wmeredith]

Yep. That's how I got here (UX Manager).