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Re:Ask HN: Have you successfully done a career do-over, and ... by matte_black on Tuesday February 13, 2018 @06:24PM (#16371889)
So what? You’re not never going to find one thing to learn for all time. Things change. The point is to get started and then follow the industry.

Who cares if what I do today is obsolete in a few years, by then I’ll be doing something different.

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Re:Ask HN: Have you successfully done a career do-over, and ... by crimsonalucard on Tuesday February 13, 2018 @06:27PM (#16371919)
Don't learn the language. Learn the fundamentals. The fundamentals remain constant.
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Re:Ask HN: Have you successfully done a career do-over, and ... by matte_black on Tuesday February 13, 2018 @06:46PM (#16372033)
Tough to get hired on fundamentals these days.
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Re:Ask HN: Have you successfully done a career do-over, and ... by crimsonalucard on Tuesday February 13, 2018 @08:57PM (#16372802)
A lot of jobs out there only test you on fundamentals. Hackerrank questions allow you to pick whatever language you like.
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Re:Ask HN: Have you successfully done a career do-over, and ... by matte_black on Wednesday February 14, 2018 @05:09AM (#16374792)
In most jobs you will not get a foot in the door if all you claim to know is fundamentals. If you do not know the languages or frameworks they work in the interview is over as they are not going to spend the time training you. They want you to get in and be effective as soon as possible, not pay for your on the job training.
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Re:Ask HN: Have you successfully done a career do-over, and ... by crimsonalucard on Wednesday February 14, 2018 @10:33AM (#16376471)
Personally I have found that this is relevant only for front end work. For the backend you just need rudimentary knowledge of a framework/language to get your foot in the door, then the actual testing is language agnostic.
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Re:Ask HN: Have you successfully done a career do-over, and ... by matte_black on Wednesday February 14, 2018 @06:13PM (#16380454)
Makes sense. Us front end guys are fairly expendable.
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Re:Ask HN: Have you successfully done a career do-over, and ... by crimsonalucard on Wednesday February 14, 2018 @07:09PM (#16380826)
Don't pigeonhole yourself into the frontend. Be language agnostic. Mastering the fundamentals allows you to transition across the stack.
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Re:Ask HN: Have you successfully done a career do-over, and ... by lmz on Tuesday February 13, 2018 @09:48PM (#16373013)
That usually happens after the CV screening, no?
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