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People don’t pick a stack for their personal projects solely because it’s the most rational for their use case, but also to gather experience in said stack, so
by kassner 2y ago
People don’t pick a stack for their personal projects solely because it’s the most rational for their use case, but also to gather experience in said stack, so they can stay up-to-date or gather the experience to work in places that using that stack would make sense.
It is similar with resume-driven architectures: let’s build an architecture of the place I want to work, instead of the one for where I do work.
- bigfatkitten 2y agoI've long given up on the idea of growing or developing my skills at work[0], and so hobby projects are my only real opportunity to stay current. [0] I won't go into detail here, but it mostly boils down to me working in a specialisation where what skills employers think they need is usually very different to what they actually utilise. If I get laid off tomorrow, I still need to pass an interview somewhere else.