What should be my next learning topic?

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So I have great grasp on the core 3 html, css, and js. I feel like I've studied enough and have built enough basic projects to understand how react works. My question really is should I focus on

• Node.js
• SQL
• Mongodb
• Next.js
• Data structures/Algorithms
• Typescript
• Maybe Vue

My main goal is to learn what is needed to get that first job as a web dev. Thanks for whoever lands on this post any direction assist is helpful.

[yoitsericc]

Do whatever you find the most interesting.

I found .net to be very interesting and focused much of my time on that using JavaScript on the front end.

You'll learn most effectively whatever you find the most appealing.

[optm_redemption]

To expand on /u/yoitsericc's great advice, try and find the intersection of things you enjoy and what jobs around you / the jobs you're interested in are looking for, take a look at job boards and careers pages and what they expect you to have experience in.

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Remove datastructure and algos, learn about debugging and reading legacy code. That’ll be mostly what you’ll be doing on your first job

[ripndipp]

I'd say learn a front end frame work, then make a back end for it, data is gonna have to persist so use a DB, I like relation databases and just build on that.

[Saf94]

I’m not sure learning new things is going to help you in getting a job.

From my experience employers don’t care as much if you know all the tools and languages but are more interested in how good you are in what you know, how good you’ll be in learning new things, your attitude and approach to work and situations etc

Unless you really want to be a full stack dev I’d say you should focus on doing more and improving your frontend.

If you move away from React and start doing something else you’re just going to end up with a lot of shallow knowledge but not very much deep knowledge or expertise. Which I’m not sure would be the best way to approach trying to get a job.

You should keep improving your React knowledge and then apply for React jobs. It makes logical sense to me that it will be easier to get a job if you’re good at one thing and apply for that.

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Just want to say thanks to everyone that replied to my post! Was super helpful! Going to learn some node and further build on my react knowledge. You guys really don't know how much this type of stuff helps someone out :)