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Sweeping statement from somebody whose been doing this for 35+ years. Learn core technologies. Not things built from those core technologies. Ya, you'll still

by bungie4 10y ago

Sweeping statement from somebody whose been doing this for 35+ years. Learn core technologies. Not things built from those core technologies. Ya, you'll still have to learn the secondary stuff, but at least you have a really good idea what will NOT be around in 10 years.

squirrelgod 10y ago
What are some examples of core technologies?
- mooreds 10y ago
  I saw an amazing presentation at a ruby meetup about database indexes for developers (for example). Will see if I can dig it up.
  - mooreds 10y ago
    Here you are. The slides aren't as good as the tall (as you'd expect) but still may be helpful. Other core technologies (in my opinion): cookies, http, TCP/IP, caching.
    - mooreds 10y ago
      Ack, forgot the link: https://speakerdeck.com/heimir/databases-for-developers https://speakerdeck.com/heimir/databases-for-developers
- reboog711 10y ago
  ColdFusion! It's been dead longer than I've been developing with it; but is still going strong. :ha, ha: Seriously, though, I would not say there are any core technologies; but rather core programming concepts. Variable memory management is one example. Knowing the difference between passing parameters by value, or by reference, when writing Lotus Notes applications actually helped me understand the difference between a variable assignment and creating a deep copy in JavaScript. Less specific; If I had to guess--in 20 years; I'll still be working in technology that supports things like MVC(S), Dependency Injection, Singletons, Factories, etc.... Learning basic encapsulation techniques, and design patterns, is knowledge that will apply to lots of programming languages.
- xiaoma 10y ago
  Unix, git, networking, C, HTTP/HTML/CSS/JS, databases, blockchains, data structures, compilters, most things in a CS curriculum, etc...
codemonkey2017 10y ago
But a sane person doing this would arrive at single logical solution: focus on server-side and ask company to hire a 27-year old JavaScript "ninja" to handle the front-end garbage framework of the month, while you are hacking OCaml/Scala/Haskell whatnot. It always makes me chuckle when I see a job posting that clearly states it's JS front-end only: some old dogs know the trick ;-). Pro-tip: re-write one of less significant systems in Node.js as a decoy!

by bungie4 10y ago

squirrelgod 10y ago

What are some examples of core technologies?

mooreds 10y ago
I saw an amazing presentation at a ruby meetup about database indexes for developers (for example). Will see if I can dig it up.
- mooreds 10y ago
  Here you are. The slides aren't as good as the tall (as you'd expect) but still may be helpful. Other core technologies (in my opinion): cookies, http, TCP/IP, caching.
  - mooreds 10y ago
    Ack, forgot the link: https://speakerdeck.com/heimir/databases-for-developers https://speakerdeck.com/heimir/databases-for-developers
reboog711 10y ago
ColdFusion! It's been dead longer than I've been developing with it; but is still going strong. :ha, ha: Seriously, though, I would not say there are any core technologies; but rather core programming concepts. Variable memory management is one example. Knowing the difference between passing parameters by value, or by reference, when writing Lotus Notes applications actually helped me understand the difference between a variable assignment and creating a deep copy in JavaScript. Less specific; If I had to guess--in 20 years; I'll still be working in technology that supports things like MVC(S), Dependency Injection, Singletons, Factories, etc.... Learning basic encapsulation techniques, and design patterns, is knowledge that will apply to lots of programming languages.
xiaoma 10y ago
Unix, git, networking, C, HTTP/HTML/CSS/JS, databases, blockchains, data structures, compilters, most things in a CS curriculum, etc...

codemonkey2017 10y ago

But a sane person doing this would arrive at single logical solution: focus on server-side and ask company to hire a 27-year old JavaScript "ninja" to handle the front-end garbage framework of the month, while you are hacking OCaml/Scala/Haskell whatnot. It always makes me chuckle when I see a job posting that clearly states it's JS front-end only: some old dogs know the trick ;-). Pro-tip: re-write one of less significant systems in Node.js as a decoy!