I absolutely agree, especially with the comment about what companies are looking for. I keep in contact with a few recruiters in order to stay in touch with what companies are looking for. I don't know how many times I've had to explain to a interviewer that they need to look for people competent in the JavaScript language, not for people who have committed themselves to a particular framework.
Now even as a junior developer I can attest to that frustration. It's crazy how focused they are on platform skills when that's just a doc away from doing x or y. I spend so much time trying to develop my JavaScript skills now. I don't even like calling myself a front-end developer because I feel like it had a frivolous connotation, like I can only do HTML, CSS and MAYBE a bit of JS. I'm like no, I love JS and I'm good at it. Anyway great article, but the discussion had been even more enjoyable.
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I absolutely agree, especially with the comment about what companies are looking for. I keep in contact with a few recruiters in order to stay in touch with what companies are looking for. I don't know how many times I've had to explain to a interviewer that they need to look for people competent in the JavaScript language, not for people who have committed themselves to a particular framework.
Now even as a junior developer I can attest to that frustration. It's crazy how focused they are on platform skills when that's just a doc away from doing x or y. I spend so much time trying to develop my JavaScript skills now. I don't even like calling myself a front-end developer because I feel like it had a frivolous connotation, like I can only do HTML, CSS and MAYBE a bit of JS. I'm like no, I love JS and I'm good at it. Anyway great article, but the discussion had been even more enjoyable.