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I graduated as a mechanical engineer and tried to make the switch to web dev but I got caught up in not really knowing what to learn to get an actual job. For i
by hanniabu 10y ago
I graduated as a mechanical engineer and tried to make the switch to web dev but I got caught up in not really knowing what to learn to get an actual job. For instance, I'm a natural at CSS, came as a no brainer, but all places want you to know less and then it was sass and then it was one of those along with gulp and then grunt, and then everybody became crazy about mom and then webpack. This is why I gave up and moved on. I still love to code in my spare time, but as far as work wise I never made the transition. I felt like I was chasing a never ending qualification list.
- sapeien 10y agoMay I ask why one would want to switch from a well respected engineering profession to one which literally kids can do? Outside of the HN bubble where there's lots of VC-funded Internet startup employees, webdev is a joke, and I think you see why now.
- simonbarker87 10y agoNot OP but my speculation (as someone with a EEE degree) is that well respected engineering jobs can be very dull. Webdev can feel liberating as there are no set in stone methods by which to complete something and trying new approaches is actively encouraged as the consequences of getting something wrong tend to be pretty low (expect where finance is involved)
- hanniabu 10y agoThere's better working conditions in tech, you can get paid more, when you know how to code monetization options open up since it's a lot easier to make money and less risky with a website/store/service than it is making your own physical product, webdev now is also pretty much software development depending on the type of work you do, my engineering background couples very well with program design and also helps out a lot when connecting to physical systems.