I completely ignored the front end development scene for 6 months. It was fine
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Re: I completely ignored the front end development scene for 6 months. It was fine
#2I love her attitude, and I think mine's similar. Main difference being that I usually enjoy the learning experience; don't find it frustrating. I kinda love that beginner feeling and knowing there's lots to explore. Even if I end up disliking what I'm trying, I usually manage to find things I learned from it; so it's still good!
Edit: To anyone wondering about the comments, I initially assumed the author was a guy! My deepest apologies to the author! I thought the commenter "Lucas ..." was the Author's name... I'm so dum; sorry!
Re: I completely ignored the front end development scene for 6 months. It was fine
#3High adaptability means career survival? You don’t say.
Front end development has matured around the reactive pattern so of course switching between react and vue is no real challenge. But the maturity of a domain is the commoditization of the domain. So I will surely be looking out for what’s next.
Re: I completely ignored the front end development scene for 6 months. It was fine
#4Obsession with the latest frameworks and the proclivity to refer to someone as an "X developer" for some X ∈ {popular frameworks} is a sign of ignorance/immaturity, both for developers and hiring managers.
Those with a solid understanding of the underlying principles (both computer science theory and, in the case of front-end development, the core web standards) are the best positioned to make the most impactful contributions.
Focus on mastering stuff that doesn't change, or changes slowly. Otherwise what you learn will be irrelevant five years from now.
Re: I completely ignored the front end development scene for 6 months. It was fine
#5Obsession with the latest frameworks and the proclivity to refer to someone as an "X developer" for some X ∈ {popular frameworks} is a sign of ignorance/immaturity, both for developers and hiring managers. Those with a solid understanding of the underlying principles (both computer science theory and, in the case of front-end development, the core web standards) are the best positioned to make the most impactful cont…
It's also a big part of the hype cycle that is an actual industry with Patreon etc now.
The first rule you should remember when reading HN is the real world is not HN.
Re: I completely ignored the front end development scene for 6 months. It was fine
#6For my own frontend stuff (ie when I get to choose), I've been using Clojurescript and re-frame for about 6 years now. Everything else, I've ignored. I'm much happier this way.
That's not to say that I haven't learned at least some of the newer developments at least in react-land, for interop purposes I know about hooks and such, but I've mostly been able to avoid it and certainly don't have to care about it most of the time.
As for work, I just picked up whatever the team I joined dictated each time I changed teams. It was fine.
Re: I completely ignored the front end development scene for 6 months. It was fine
#7I love her attitude, and I think mine's similar. Main difference being that I usually enjoy the learning experience; don't find it frustrating. I kinda love that beginner feeling and knowing there's lots to explore. Even if I end up disliking what I'm trying, I usually manage to find things I learned from it; so it's still good! Edit: To anyone wondering about the comments, I initially assumed the author was a guy! M…
> this guy
The author isn’t a guy! I agree otherwise, it’s refreshing perspective.
I spent a few years fairly deep in backend work and worried quite a bit about going back to the front. Ultimately it ended up being a valuable break and pretty much all of the important things I’d learned before were still totally transferable. I think as long as you’re learning something, regardless of the discipline, your brain will be happy and you’ll find ways to apply what you’ve learned in all kinds of places.
Sometimes the most valuable skills are fundamental in just about any discipline. Having patience to solve problems, or perseverance are huge. Finding meaning in what you do. Maintaining good work life balance. This stuff, in the long view, ends up mattering way more than what a popular API looks like right now.
Re: I completely ignored the front end development scene for 6 months. It was fine
#8> Although it can be frustrating to go back to being a complete beginner at something over and over, each time I pick up something new I further my expertise in being a lifelong learner.
Sure, but it would be nice if revolution-for-revolutions-sake wasn't the default position of the industry.
There are plenty of good ideas (my hobby-horse: hypermedia) that have been dumped on the ground because people decided to reinvent everything, rather than building on the existing conceptual model.
Re: I completely ignored the front end development scene for 6 months. It was fine
#9I'm extremely jealous of what technologies I invest time and study in.
The 'framework of the week' club has never held my interest.
If https://webassembly.org can liberate us from traditional web development, that's fine by me.
Re: I completely ignored the front end development scene for 6 months. It was fine
#10I love her attitude, and I think mine's similar. Main difference being that I usually enjoy the learning experience; don't find it frustrating. I kinda love that beginner feeling and knowing there's lots to explore. Even if I end up disliking what I'm trying, I usually manage to find things I learned from it; so it's still good! Edit: To anyone wondering about the comments, I initially assumed the author was a guy! M…
Yo, she's a woman.