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I can empathize with your goals and your current situation, so please take this in that light: I don't come away from your post thinking that you really underst

I can empathize with your goals and your current situation, so please take this in that light: I don't come away from your post thinking that you really understand how the proper nouns in your post really fit together. My initial reaction was "this is pretty word salad-y." If you're going to write a longer thing about tech, it's probably worth investing a little bit of stylistic and structural effort into not dismissing something as rigorous and well-tested as PostgreSQL with three words or investigating MongoDB deeply enough that you can totally use it with languages and runtimes you already know (which you can). And don't get me wrong, you totally might have a handle on it! But conveying that you do is a very large part of being successful both in contracting and in landing high-value permanent positions. You gotta talk the talk as well as walk the walk. It really does matter. I wouldn't hire even a junior developer if I thought their mental process was as all-over-the-place as this post suggests.

jcun4128 9y ago
I didn't mean to dismiss postgressql, I want to learn it but currently, well actually not sure about postgres with what I briefly looked at it was involving the MERN stack with regard to express (haven't used before). I think if I saw correctly you can use JavaScript not sure if plain, that's what I know how to use but not the most current ES6/TypeScript etc... Yes I barely know these nouns I mentioned not arguing that. Also agree with the verbose I was going to post it into a pastebin (why would anyone want to read it) but alas, it is etched into hard drive(s) somewhere, under my social mistakes. Same thing with MongoDB, I like the idea of not having to setup a schema before using the DB, but I also have to get into the environment to start using it (talking about my current knowledge). Edit: yes my thought process is kind of all over the place this is also the end of my day/brain spent after developing earlier today. haha "Developing" kid and his little sandbox
throwmenow_0140 9y ago
> Working on learning Git [...] He's working on those things. I didn't get the impression that he tried to pretend to be a senior developer. I really dislike the attitude that he has to "talk the talk as well as walk the walk". I know exactly what you mean and it's very important especially while freelancing, but in this context it sounds condescending. To paraphrase your words: I wouldn't hire someone who judges other people who just talk about their experiences. @jcun4128: No worries, you don't have to meet some type of stylistic standard to express your opinion on HN (except the standards outlined in the HN guidelines, of course - and your comment satisfies all rules). Your comment was absolutely appropriate and reasonable.
- jcun4128 9y ago
  It was a bit lengthy on my part but thanks, yeah I'm behind gotta catchup.

jcun4128 9y ago

I didn't mean to dismiss postgressql, I want to learn it but currently, well actually not sure about postgres with what I briefly looked at it was involving the MERN stack with regard to express (haven't used before). I think if I saw correctly you can use JavaScript not sure if plain, that's what I know how to use but not the most current ES6/TypeScript etc... Yes I barely know these nouns I mentioned not arguing that. Also agree with the verbose I was going to post it into a pastebin (why would anyone want to read it) but alas, it is etched into hard drive(s) somewhere, under my social mistakes. Same thing with MongoDB, I like the idea of not having to setup a schema before using the DB, but I also have to get into the environment to start using it (talking about my current knowledge). Edit: yes my thought process is kind of all over the place this is also the end of my day/brain spent after developing earlier today. haha "Developing" kid and his little sandbox

throwmenow_0140 9y ago

> Working on learning Git [...] He's working on those things. I didn't get the impression that he tried to pretend to be a senior developer. I really dislike the attitude that he has to "talk the talk as well as walk the walk". I know exactly what you mean and it's very important especially while freelancing, but in this context it sounds condescending. To paraphrase your words: I wouldn't hire someone who judges other people who just talk about their experiences. @jcun4128: No worries, you don't have to meet some type of stylistic standard to express your opinion on HN (except the standards outlined in the HN guidelines, of course - and your comment satisfies all rules). Your comment was absolutely appropriate and reasonable.

jcun4128 9y ago
It was a bit lengthy on my part but thanks, yeah I'm behind gotta catchup.