[trcarney]

In my experience, no with the caveat that you have projects that show a basic understanding of the framework the employer is looking for. I have moved from an embedded engineer to a cloud engineer with just projects and embedded work experience. A good employer should look at your work experience as experience with engineering principles and processes. Then they will look at your projects to see that you have at least a rudimentary understanding of the framework.

This may not be the case for front-end development but it has been my experience so far.