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If you're applying to frontend stuff, every monkey can do that. If you really like programming, sink your teeth into C and C++ and Linux and look for jobs usin
by shrimp_emoji 2y ago
If you're applying to frontend stuff, every monkey can do that.
If you really like programming, sink your teeth into C and C++ and Linux and look for jobs using those. I think it's much more rewarding internally, and, externally, there's a shortage of talent in programming that isn't using the latest corporate Products--I mean languages/frameworks (Java/C#/Go/Node/React/Angular). ;p
- tacostakohashi 2y agoI did really like programming, and sunk my teeth int C, C++ and Linux, and did get jobs using those. I considered C / Linux (syscalls, shell scripting, etc) to be the "fundamentals" / foundational layer, that every higher-level language/fad was built on top of. I now realize I was basically wrong, all that stuff is now abstracted away as "cloud" or hidden under kubernetes / docker or whatever, and while my experience doesn't hurt... there are lots of people who are clueless with command line, Linux, C, malloc, etc., that get their job done just fine. There are amazingly few jobs for C, C++, Linux these days, when you consider the amount of existing software written for those. I enjoyed the culture around those things, but as career, it's not the future.
- DarkTree 2y agocounterpoint: don't keep doors closed by being dismissive of other peoples' careers/interests like this person
- shrimp_emoji 2y agoVery true. Only be like me if your mind has permanently fallen into a singularity of cynical acrimony -- and probably only if you're privileged enough to afford to let it do that.