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I don't think it's good for the long run, but having a bit of knowledge about everything is really handy. I'm a non-working recent grad. I'm taking a few months
by mercuryrising 14y ago
I don't think it's good for the long run, but having a bit of knowledge about everything is really handy. I'm a non-working recent grad. I'm taking a few months off (graduated in May) to try my hand at making some software stuff. I'm working on a website now, and having even a little bit of exposure to web frameworks, databases, UI, UX, etc. is nice (these are things I never had before, as I'm an EE).
I can see things I never saw before because of it. I would never ever wish this upon someone (I spend hours trying to make the stupidest things work, but then realize I was going in the completely incorrect direction). It's a pain in the ass when I can't make something look exactly how I want it, but for a little bit it's fun. It's nice being able to hack at the backend for a while, get bored, switch to design, get bored, switch to new features I could implement. I'll be ready for the big challenges when they come. It'll be cool when I show some people one day and say "I made this, all by myself, everything that happened I thought of superficially (as I'm using bootstrap, and tons of back end libraries)". We always stand on the shoulders of giants.