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I assume this wasn't meant to be comprehensive, but I believe a big factor for many developers is their coworkers. Working with people that are your equals (or

I assume this wasn't meant to be comprehensive, but I believe a big factor for many developers is their coworkers. Working with people that are your equals (or better, people you can learn from) is very motivating. Will I have to deal with people that don't really know the language we use and ask me questions instead of doing minimal investigation on their own? Will my coworkers produce code that looks like something you'd expect from a freshman CS student? Will I spend much of my time putting out fires caused by incompetent coworkers?

habs 18y ago
I agree, the team I started working with has been changed significantly. I started working with people who thought oop meant ctrl-c. Now, I'm working with guys that really know what they are doing and it has motivated me a lot more then before.
thomasmallen 18y ago
I'm the only person on a frontend web dev team who knows: * Semantic HTML * Advanced (> Basic) CSS * Stylesheet design * JavaScript * JavaScript libraries * How to write a reusable function * How to use a database * Damn near anything outside of Dreamweaver Sometimes I really, really think I need a new job, but someone would have to approach me because the market's too risky for me to justify a serious hunt right now. In the meantime, I get to teach everyone else as much as I can, create interesting work for myself, and take care of my responsibilities which is the easiest part.
- bdr 18y ago
  If you want to be contacted, put your email address in your profile.
  - thomasmallen 18y ago
    I wasn't fishing for anything, but I suppose it wouldn't hurt.
    - colinplamondon 18y ago
      Why not fish if you aren't happy? People who are looking to hire regularly read this site.
      - thomasmallen 18y ago
        Good point. In that case, anyone who needs a CSS guru/frontend development expert...
- iigs 18y ago
  Always be looking, especially if you're not happy! 1) Perhaps something out there is better and you'd leave the mediocrity you're in now. 2) Perhaps nothing else is better or other stuff is worse in some way, and this might help put your current situation into perspective. The economy sucks now, something else will suck later. If you haven't put anything on your resume in the last year you might as well have not been working at all since then. This isn't meant to be a piece of puff optimism advice but courage-up and fix your situation if it sucks. It sounds like you have a good attitude about it overall (helping your coworkers), though.
  - systems 18y ago
    Always be looking, especially if you are good! The best way to raise your salary is to switch jobs, if you are good, you would have high employability, and moving shouldn't be a problem. I understand thomas' lack of confidence, his skills are in areas that may be perceived as low key CSS and Front-end HTML stuff. How would he fare againt JEE and RoR gurus! Which is what the market is hiring, right! ... Well not really, there is demand for all sorts of skills, you just need to be good and confident!
- blader 18y ago
  Thomas, my company (Serious Business) is looking for a front end engineer. Are you in SF or willing to relocate? Shoot me an email at siqiBUNNY@seriousbusiness.com (minus the furry animal). We're a venture backed startup developing social games. I also used to be a YC founder for about a week so the engineering environment doesn't suck.

habs 18y ago

I agree, the team I started working with has been changed significantly. I started working with people who thought oop meant ctrl-c. Now, I'm working with guys that really know what they are doing and it has motivated me a lot more then before.

thomasmallen 18y ago

I'm the only person on a frontend web dev team who knows: * Semantic HTML * Advanced (> Basic) CSS * Stylesheet design * JavaScript * JavaScript libraries * How to write a reusable function * How to use a database * Damn near anything outside of Dreamweaver Sometimes I really, really think I need a new job, but someone would have to approach me because the market's too risky for me to justify a serious hunt right now. In the meantime, I get to teach everyone else as much as I can, create interesting work for myself, and take care of my responsibilities which is the easiest part.

bdr 18y ago
If you want to be contacted, put your email address in your profile.
- thomasmallen 18y ago
  I wasn't fishing for anything, but I suppose it wouldn't hurt.
  - colinplamondon 18y ago
    Why not fish if you aren't happy? People who are looking to hire regularly read this site.
    - thomasmallen 18y ago
      Good point. In that case, anyone who needs a CSS guru/frontend development expert...
iigs 18y ago
Always be looking, especially if you're not happy! 1) Perhaps something out there is better and you'd leave the mediocrity you're in now. 2) Perhaps nothing else is better or other stuff is worse in some way, and this might help put your current situation into perspective. The economy sucks now, something else will suck later. If you haven't put anything on your resume in the last year you might as well have not been working at all since then. This isn't meant to be a piece of puff optimism advice but courage-up and fix your situation if it sucks. It sounds like you have a good attitude about it overall (helping your coworkers), though.
- systems 18y ago
  Always be looking, especially if you are good! The best way to raise your salary is to switch jobs, if you are good, you would have high employability, and moving shouldn't be a problem. I understand thomas' lack of confidence, his skills are in areas that may be perceived as low key CSS and Front-end HTML stuff. How would he fare againt JEE and RoR gurus! Which is what the market is hiring, right! ... Well not really, there is demand for all sorts of skills, you just need to be good and confident!
blader 18y ago
Thomas, my company (Serious Business) is looking for a front end engineer. Are you in SF or willing to relocate? Shoot me an email at siqiBUNNY@seriousbusiness.com (minus the furry animal). We're a venture backed startup developing social games. I also used to be a YC founder for about a week so the engineering environment doesn't suck.