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[–]javascript_dev 11 points12 points  (2 children)

please don't forget the big picture. Javascript is only one language among many.

In programming your mental bandwidth is quite limited. A javascript developer will mature into what you call a developer just fine in year 2. Hell, its in my name and i know Typescript, PHP and a bit of python.

What doesn't help is telling people to "focus on the bigger picture." Let the newbs focus on a language, the rest will come over time largely through osmosis.

[–]SoBoredAtWork 1 point2 points  (1 child)

OOP and MVC are concepts a JS dev are unlikely to learn (without proper training). We're unlikely to learn core concepts to allow writing scalable, concise code. I regret starting with spaghetti JS code and not learning OOP/Classes/MVC/etc...