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Granted, in a decade, if you'll still be in this profession, you'll remember J2EE and XML and Node and npm and pip and git and Golang and JavaScript and code po
by smikhanov 11y ago
Granted, in a decade, if you'll still be in this profession, you'll remember J2EE and XML and Node and npm and pip and git and Golang and JavaScript and code polish and functions-vs-methods debate as tiny specks on what actually constitutes you career. The author of the linked article tries analyzing his entire life from a standpoint of being a programmer, and your comment analyzes last few years of your life staring at /r/programming.
Can't believe this comment made it to the top.
- dinkumthinkum 11y agoI agree completely with you. I think the answer is you can't help some people. It's just sort of a myopic view. Could you imagine in 50 years someone asks you what regret you had about your career and you said "that I ever used node that one week in 2015"? I mean, wow.
- pekk 11y agoIf you spent a couple years building everything you could on top of Node and then realized you completely disagreed with some of its basic design then that would be a memorable experience. This may be hard to understand if you are still in love with Javascript.
- aplummer 11y agoI don't know, I see disliking my old work as a good sign of engineering growth, and hating old decisions as personal / professional work...
- saeranv 11y agoOr, it could be an indication that they've had a pretty good career with only trivial regrets. That's how I read it.