Re:We replaced our React front end with Go and WebAssembly
by hansonkd on Tuesday February 11, 2025 @12:39AM
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perhaps you are the exception that proves the rule :shrug: or perhaps its hard to objectively measure one's owns abilities. which is the most common thing i have seen from "full stack" interviewees.
Re:We replaced our React front end with Go and WebAssembly
by owenpalmer on Thursday February 13, 2025 @07:53PM
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> perhaps you are the exception that proves the rule
As someone who worked directly with OP, I can confirm they are highly exceptional. Don't be too surprised when you encounter talented people on HN. I challenge you to be more inquisitive, rather than dismissive.
Re:We replaced our React front end with Go and WebAssembly
by nesarkvechnep on Tuesday February 11, 2025 @12:59AM
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Or, you just think you’re literally that person. No offence, I’ve met my fair share of developers who are full of themselves but are barely tolerable at best.
Re:We replaced our React front end with Go and WebAssembly
by bb88 on Tuesday February 11, 2025 @01:16AM
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The devs who don't ooze ego over all of their code and just let their code speak for itself are often the best developers.
Re:We replaced our React front end with Go and WebAssembly
by JoeyJoJoJr on Tuesday February 11, 2025 @04:29AM
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Well they didn’t say that they are specialist level at both. It could be that they are mid/good level at both, which isn’t a particularly egotistical view to have of oneself. I got the impression that they were highlighting their skillset is more broad than deep, which is basically what you’d expect from a good full-stack developer.
I’ve met a lot of programmers early in my career who were full of themselves, and a number of more experienced ones later in my career that understood their own capabilities very well.
I am literally that person. It's a good thing we've never met, or you wouldn't be able to say that anymore!
Edit: Sorry for sharing my professional responsibilities, where some of my clients pay me for front-end work, some for back-end work, and some for both. I forgot that people on the internet that have never met me know what I do better than I do, and that I'm not good at it! Please don't tell my clients that have been paying me continuously for 15 years....