Ask HN: For next 10+ years What would be better Front end career, Web or Mobile?

#1

Post by cryptozeus » Mon, Sep 17, 2018, 6:47 PM UTC

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Re: Ask HN: For next 10+ years What would be better Front end career, Web or Mobile?

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Post by runjake » Mon, Sep 17, 2018, 8:16 PM UTC

The one you enjoy the most.

Re: Ask HN: For next 10+ years What would be better Front end career, Web or Mobile?

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Post by rayvy » Mon, Sep 17, 2018, 8:39 PM UTC

Well apps are just the web...on mobile. But technicalities aside, mobile. I'm getting into react-native without care for any other front-end honestly. It's mobile or bust

Re: Ask HN: For next 10+ years What would be better Front end career, Web or Mobile?

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Post by oldgrumpygeek » Mon, Sep 17, 2018, 8:58 PM UTC

Just my two cent worth but over the next five to ten years the lines between web and mobile are going to blur to the point they are one and the same.

Re: Ask HN: For next 10+ years What would be better Front end career, Web or Mobile?

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Post by chris11 » Mon, Sep 17, 2018, 11:12 PM UTC

I don't know, I really don't have much experience with either. But my impression is that the skills for both rapidly change. So I wouldn't attach any specific skills or companies to my longterm career goals, I'd want to pay attention to market trends.

Re: Ask HN: For next 10+ years What would be better Front end career, Web or Mobile?

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Post by 20180918 » Tue, Sep 18, 2018, 12:10 AM UTC

Over a 10 year time scale, figure out how to bring in income that doesn't depend on you working. Or at the very least even if you have to work, you are not limited by market rates.

Re: Ask HN: For next 10+ years What would be better Front end career, Web or Mobile?

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Post by cryptozeus » Tue, Sep 18, 2018, 12:43 AM UTC

20180918 wrote: post #6

Over a 10 year time scale, figure out how to bring in income that doesn't depend on you working. Or at the very least even if you have to work, you are not limited by market rates.

Yeh working on that ...but just incase

Re: Ask HN: For next 10+ years What would be better Front end career, Web or Mobile?

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Post by slipwalker » Tue, Sep 18, 2018, 1:07 PM UTC

oldgrumpygeek wrote: post #4

Just my two cent worth but over the next five to ten years the lines between web and mobile are going to blur to the point they are one and the same.

second that, wholeheartly.

Re: Ask HN: For next 10+ years What would be better Front end career, Web or Mobile?

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Post by slipwalker » Tue, Sep 18, 2018, 1:08 PM UTC

rayvy wrote: post #3

Well apps are just the web...on mobile. But technicalities aside, mobile. I'm getting into react-native without care for any other front-end honestly. It's mobile or bust

> I'm getting into react-native without care for any other front-end honestly. It's mobile or bust

pretty much the same here, but i'm betting on flutter.io