Sorry devs, Twitter Bootstrap isn't a "skill"

I had someone come in the other day with Netscape Navigator listed as a skill.

If you have a separate Skills section, I probably wouldn't list it as a skill, but perhaps in the detailed description of your job. Ex: Created websites using Bootstrap and CSS.

I hate writing resumes where your job basically becomes a bunch of buzzwords, but that is what tech employers are expecting.

The amount of times I have heard: "You don't need to write CSS, just use Bootstrap" or some variation is uncountable. Some thing that just adding a "class='btn...'" to an input instantly makes it a button (without linking the stylesheet or adding a "type=".

I disagree with the premise. Twitter Bootstrap is a skill in much the same way as Wordpress is a skill, even if its a less significant one than wordpress.

Familiarity with bootstrap's internals, its less mixins, their sass equivalents, its inventory of javascript plugins, and how to integrate with it is a skill worth having in many situations.

The article's closing statement "make something happen from scratch" is almost the antithesis of what it means to be a good developer. Not re-inventing the wheel, learning to integrate with existing solutions, is a skill you will find among the best developers.

On its own, Twitter Bootstrap is not enough of a skill to get any job. It is worth something, though.

Ugh, I'm getting real tired of these snotty drive-bys masquerading as insightful criticism. Many job posts call for familiarity with Twitter Bootstrap, so is it proper to call out the applicants (or "kiddies," as the author derides) for responding in kind? It's bogus. And trashing applicants for internships is a bridge too far.

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Strongly agree here. Prototyping is an increasingly important part of a developer's job, and Bootstrap is a great tool.