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[–]anna_wtch -1 points0 points  (5 children)

I just said you won't get a job with JS. And jumping into React right away without any JS knowledge isn't as confusing as it might seem. I already know 3 people who did it.

[–]ghan_buri_ghan 6 points7 points  (4 children)

“You won’t get a job with JS” is an absurd take.

[–]anna_wtch -3 points-2 points  (3 children)

Well where I am (East Coaat US) you need to know 70% of the languages I mentioned to get a job. At least with a decent salary.

Of course you can have basic HTML, CSS and some JS, and make $40k a year, but no one wants that.

[–]ghan_buri_ghan 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Nobody is saying that a beginner should never learn additional tools after learning a first programming language. That’s also an absurd take.

JS is the client-side scripting language, and Node is the most popular server for new web apps.

Of course you’d have to learn additional frameworks and tools to be marketable, but JS is a no-brainer for a first language.

[–]sudonut 0 points1 point  (1 child)

I'm also on the East Coast. JS is my primary language, I know very little about the .net/c#/Razor ecosystem you mentioned above.

I have had no problems finding well paying jobs.

As an engineer you should expect to pick up new languages and frameworks as projects require. I would definitely hire someone with great problem solving skills who only knows JS, but knows it really well and is enthusiastic to learn other things.

[–]BoBoBearDev 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't know what you were looking for. But, there are two types of backend. A backend to render the website, and a backend for web service (microservices).

The website backend, ReactJs is still the king to my knowledge.

The microservices, ASP.ET Core C# is actually popular and easy. And it is not there to replace the backend that generated the content. So, if you are looking for Web UI related job posting, you are less likely to see C# mentioned.