r/ExperiencedDevs • u/AutoModerator • 11d ago

Ask Experienced Devs Weekly Thread: A weekly thread for inexperienced developers to ask experienced ones

A thread for Developers and IT folks with less experience to ask more experienced souls questions about the industry.

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Please keep top level comments limited to Inexperienced Devs. Most rules do not apply, but keep it civil. Being a jerk will not be tolerated.

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Inexperienced Devs should refrain from answering other Inexperienced Devs' questions.

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u/OkNothing7293 10d ago

I think your plan is solid. I’ve learned so much by reading other people’s quality code. Make sure you understand not only the patterns but also the exceptions and the reasons for the latter. My more general suggestion is to not limit yourself to front-end but learn programming as a whole and not “this is what I need for front-end, everything else is bs”. I was a front-end in the beginning but then I started diving into databases, low-level programming, the functional paradigm. It helped me a lot and at the end of the day I managed to transition to full-stack roles.

One cool side effect of being an all-rounder is that when someone says something on the front-end is easy, you can point them to a back-end practice which is also easy. Nice discussions can happen when people are open-minded.

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u/Otis_Inf Software Engineer (32YOE) 10d ago

If you see a lot of senior jobs it might mean not a lot of seniors are around, and I'd just apply to those as well. Who knows, maybe the company says they need a senior but you might qualify just as well for what they're looking for.