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0 pointsmatte_black8y ago0 comments

I was in your position, been working with iOS since the beginning until I decided to just get the fuck out of iOS and start doing some useful things.

Went all in with building single page applications in JavaScript and Node, front end, back end, and database administration, and haven’t looked back.

Fuck iOS now, native mobile development benefited from a craze where everyone thought mobile apps were the new web apps, but the truth is, most mobile apps only make sense in the context of a larger application ecosystem, usually supporting a web app.

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crimsonalucard8y ago

Node and javascript? Those technologies change and move faster than anything else in the industry. What you're doing now will likely be obsolete within a couple years.

matte_blackOP8y ago

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Who cares if what I do today is obsolete in a few years, by then I’ll be doing something different.

crimsonalucard8y ago

Don't learn the language. Learn the fundamentals. The fundamentals remain constant.

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_sdegutis8y ago

I'm willing to bet that Node/JS devs actually have an easier time staying current, since their workplace actually has a need to change technologies, so they're getting paid to keep rewriting their web app in $the_latest_framework, which they can then put on their resume.

mod8y ago

Sort of. The difference I guess is that you can still put javascript on your resume and it'll do something for you.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse

0 pointsmatte_black8y ago0 comments

I was in your position, been working with iOS since the beginning until I decided to just get the fuck out of iOS and start doing some useful things.

Went all in with building single page applications in JavaScript and Node, front end, back end, and database administration, and haven’t looked back.

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crimsonalucard8y ago

Node and javascript? Those technologies change and move faster than anything else in the industry. What you're doing now will likely be obsolete within a couple years.

matte_blackOP8y ago

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.

crimsonalucard8y ago

Don't learn the language. Learn the fundamentals. The fundamentals remain constant.

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_sdegutis8y ago

mod8y ago

Sort of. The difference I guess is that you can still put javascript on your resume and it'll do something for you.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse