I find the front end space overwhelming and am deliberately saying NO to a lot of stuff. Getting better and being able to do more complex stuff with the tools a

I find the front end space overwhelming and am deliberately saying NO to a lot of stuff. Getting better and being able to do more complex stuff with the tools and frameworks I know seems to help me more than complementing what I learned so far with other stuff on the same competence level. That is not to say I don't look around - I do a lot. In communication with others I'm very explicit about what my tool stack is to the extend my boss told me recently I'm painting myself in a corner. I realized I got to work on the perception but I will not change my strategy. Being good in one allows me to have the confidence to be good in another quickly if need arises. > I have tried decomposing other people's designs, but whenever I try to apply the results, it ends up looking like a poor copy. There is a huge difference between "trying" and "doing". From POC to something that is launch-able is a long way - at least a factor of 3. Unless you put in the time and effort to really polish something the surface will look dull. Maybe find a project where you are intrinsically motivated or paid to push a solution to a higher level?