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Re: Ask HN: Self-taught webdev with lots of free time. What should I learn?

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Post by cornedor »

nicwest wrote: post #3

I found that learning and writing some Clojure and Go made me think better about the code I was writing in my main language (python). I enjoyed working through Clojure for the brave and true: https://www.braveclojure.com/clojure-for-the-brave-and-true/ and the go tour is probably the best introduction I've ever had to a language: https://tour.golang.org/welcome/1

Because the syntax alone is already so different it was a great way for me to "re-learn" programming. Even for the very short while I played with it, it really thought me to look further than the default go-to patterns I used to use.

Re: Ask HN: Self-taught webdev with lots of free time. What should I learn?

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Post by gitgud »

Have you considered open-source development? [1]

All the languages and libraries you've listed are open-source projects started by someone like yourself.

> "having done every type of CRUD under the sun - what do now"

You have a lot of experience developing CRUD, why not build something that alleviates the pain of CRUDdy development. What annoys you? What sucks and could be done better?

Anyway, just a thought. Good luck to whatever you do.

[1] https://i.imgur.com/qr7Sr8B.png

Re: Ask HN: Self-taught webdev with lots of free time. What should I learn?

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Post by frenchman99 »

thatcodingdude wrote: post #23
bashwizard wrote: post #20

Get into security, specifically web app security pentesting. You'll thank me later.

This and the servers/linux stuff is the most interesting part of my job. I do have my doubts about being able to get into it since I suppose you really have to master low level dev (which I don't) and I don't think I can get a job as self-taught in this field.

If you like devops and security, have a look at SRE (Site Reliability Engineering) positions. Companies look for software engineers to fill these positions. And you'll work on security related stuff. Not necessarily pen-testing per se, but network security, operational security, etc.

Also, teams with SRE expertise most likely use modern tech because SRE itself is a rather new way of managing infrastructure. So you'll probably be able to get your hands dirty with lots of cool tech.

Re: Ask HN: Self-taught webdev with lots of free time. What should I learn?

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Post by bszupnick »

_benj wrote: post #34

I'm a self-taught webdev too and I would strongly recommend learning SQL, not just `SELECT * ...` but really learning it! I've been digging into postgreSQL and in quite a few applications it's possible to greatly reduce the complexity of the backend by receiving exactly the data you need from the DB. It is so much so that in cases you can even "get rid" of the backend completely (yes, no writing controllers and endpo…

Any specific resources to recommend?

Re: Ask HN: Self-taught webdev with lots of free time. What should I learn?

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Post by KiranRao0 »

bszupnick wrote: post #57
_benj wrote: post #34

I'm a self-taught webdev too and I would strongly recommend learning SQL, not just `SELECT * ...` but really learning it! I've been digging into postgreSQL and in quite a few applications it's possible to greatly reduce the complexity of the backend by receiving exactly the data you need from the DB. It is so much so that in cases you can even "get rid" of the backend completely (yes, no writing controllers and endpo…

Any specific resources to recommend?

My favorite has been https://pgexercises.com/. Instead of going through theory, you practice writing progressively more complex queries to achieve a specific result.

Re: Ask HN: Self-taught webdev with lots of free time. What should I learn?

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Post by _benj »

bszupnick wrote: post #57
_benj wrote: post #34

I'm a self-taught webdev too and I would strongly recommend learning SQL, not just `SELECT * ...` but really learning it! I've been digging into postgreSQL and in quite a few applications it's possible to greatly reduce the complexity of the backend by receiving exactly the data you need from the DB. It is so much so that in cases you can even "get rid" of the backend completely (yes, no writing controllers and endpo…

Any specific resources to recommend?

The postgresql documentation is actually a pretty good start (and finish!).

I like learning by doing something so I took an old side project and I'm making it on PostgreSQL with PostgREST in front of it. It is crazy all the things that the DB can do! Triggers after an actions happens, virtual columns, JWT Tokens, Unit Testing...

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