Re:Front-End Developer Handbook 2017
by carlmungz on Tuesday January 31, 2017 @04:40AM
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As a junior dev, that list almost makes me want to run to the hills...where I will presumably stumble upon another similarly monster-like list telling me all the things I need to learn to become [insert job role here].
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Hint: Move to the backend. Building the APIs that crunch SQL into JSON for the react/angular/fad of the week folks to consume is much easier, and the half-life of your framework and language knowledge can be measured in years, not months.
Re:Front-End Developer Handbook 2017
by NTripleOne on Tuesday January 31, 2017 @06:48AM
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Alternatively, find somewhere to work that doesn't insist on using the latest 'greatest' new fangled bollocks technology simply because it exists.
This is a double-edged sword, though, as it may hurt you once you try to switch jobs again.
The bad thing is that it's much harder (IMO) to find freelance jobs for back-end development (especially for SQL-based stuff and not Node or Rails with Mongo or whatnot).
On the other hand, yes, the SQL coursework I did a decade ago is holding up really well :) .
Any recommendations on where to start with that? As someone who started with front-end because it was the easiest to jump into right away, and is now already sick of it, I'd appreciate the help transitioning to back-end. I have some PHP experience and a touch of SQL experience.