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Making the jump from HTML & CSS to JavaScript can be intimidating. For many JS beginners, this will be the first programming language they encounter. And if that wasn’t challenging enough, there’s also immense cultural pressure to live up to unrealistic standards of what it means to be a successful JS developer today.
In this talk, we’ll debunk the myth of the “real JavaScript developer” – a magical creature who knows it all, writing perfect code in the hottest new framework without ever needed to stop and take a break. We’ll look at simple strategies to help beginners on their journey learning JavaScript and also come up with a more realistic definition of what it means to be a successful JavaScript developer today.
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29 responses to “The myth of the “Real JavaScript Developer” – Brenna O’Brien / Front-Trends 2016”
as a Russian guy, i can tell Ramericans aRe dumb. They are wasting their lives as slaves, instead to enjoy life. Hawk.
A very good TED talk
A sane and mature perspective!
<3
Smart woman, makes a lot of sense.
I really enjoyed this talk. As an old school developer. I can tell you that I don't know a lot of things and I'm ok with that. That's why I started my channel.
Great talk !
Its called the dunning kruger effect
Thank you thank you thank you. Finally. Somebody said it.
Will the real javascript developer please stand up? -em
Really enjoyed this talk, reinforces a lot of what i have learned along the way as a developer.
dasrupon200@gmail.com thnks nice video
I like this speech she has given……
I have always been constantly told and still continues today,
that if you are older than 35, "We don't need you in this industry"
or "You're too late, by the time you learn a language you'll be too old to get a job"
or "don't waste your time, you're too old and they only hire people under 35"
or "Omg if you are 45 years old, just die because you'll never get a good job, coding / developing for startups or better companies. the are ONLY hiring younger people not people in that's 35 or 45 and don't even think about it if you are 55" "And the reason why you'll never get hired in a good company"
or "your 45 hummm , you won't get paid much because they want young people. Young people get paid more than old people if you're 35 or 45" "and if you're 55 you'll get turned away right away, no one will hire you ever " "You're too late don't even try" "Their not going to put an old fart in an office with young people to code, because the young people would quit"
"So that's why they won't ever hire anyone over 35, 45 and definately 55"..
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This is the shit I hear all day long every single day from many people.
And that's upsetting when I constantly hear that, because its basically telling me,
I no longer matter if i'm 35, 45 or 55, my life is over and i'm not wanted on this planet anymore. just go away.
This is so goddamned excellent and poignant.
"You have unlimited retries..". Well, if your boss doesn't understand the concept of refactoring then you have to deal with your shitty code for the next 2 years… Planning is quite important in programming, it saves you a lot of time!
Otherwise, great talk!
I would not put the basics of the language syntax with the various JS libraries. It's not OK to keep looking up javascript basics from stackoverflow, and end up pulling in jQuery to add 2 numbers. I think you should know your language, that's not a waste of time to memorize the most-used JS functions on the array prototype. And at the same time, it's OK to read up on the config params of webpack.
Amazing talk!!! Industry wants front-end developers to know everything and has to be better than GOD.
When do I stop learning and start doing?
Thanks to Brenna. Your talk encourages me. Thank you so much!
Everything is okay, but this child covered in shit is just too much. I was eating while watching this, thanks.
Brenna O'Brien this is a beautiful talk ♥
Wow this was such a validating talk. I constantly feel pressure to code more and work harder, and feel guilt about pursuing my other interests like painting and drawing. Thank you so much Brenna.
That was a really good talk, I was surprised to hear the developer wanting to be a carpenter, I know so many developers that do carpentry during their down time, myself included, that I wonder about the connection between them. Could be wanting to work with something physical after spending so much time in the abstract yet both have strong creative aspects.
The one missing point in the talk was that of curiosity, this is one trait that I look for in people. Curiosity encompasses many of the other traits that were described. Curious people will use resources to find answers, they aren't afraid to ask questions and usually aren't afraid to try something new which means they aren't afraid to fail.
Just a big pile a ES6 compliant bs
This is the problem with the developer community. Rigid thinking and arrogant attitudes towards others. The RTFM section really resonated with me. You don't know how many times other developers threw that in my face. All I could think was: do most developers have no basic concept of proper UX/UI, or sense of empathy with users? No wonder most frameworks, docs, apps, and software are complete crap and horrible to use, because we have this kind of conceited garbage mentality as the status quo.
Of course… Ed Catmull also said "I don’t apologize for this." about wage-fixing. So I wouldn't trust anything that comes out of that man's mouth when it comes to "team spirit".
(Not that I think he is wrong in this regard. I just feel that he is a despicable person that should be quoted as little as possible.)
she is soo good
if women are getting into web then its time to go !
such a great talk!!! I got so many slaps in may face. thank you for making me reconsider a lot of things 😀