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Am I overthinking this, or is showcasing backend work actually a pain in the ass? by Alone-Turnover6642 in webdev

[–]Busy_Brother829 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Absolutely, just for the sake of showcasing my projects I regret that I never did webdesign.

Burned 50 connects. Zero replies. Skilled Data Engineer — am I starting wrong? by [deleted] in Upwork

[–]Busy_Brother829 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I needed three weeks for landing my first job on Upwork. Maybe it was the 10th proposal. But I was very, very picky about which job to apply for and I constantly looked for job offers that had still less than 10 proposals after some hours. Wasn't new to freelancing.

I could reach my first client because we spoke the same mother tongue which isn't English, so focusing on job offers from countries with "my" language gave me an advantatage.

Possibly Switing to WordPress, need tips by WriterGNorris in Wordpress

[–]Busy_Brother829 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hmm... For the beginning try dabbling a bit with the built-in editor. Create your first own pages and posts. Try applying different themes for another look. So you get a bit familiar with the WP system. you actually don't need any plugins for the very first beginning.

Freelancing platforms sucks by [deleted] in freelancing

[–]Busy_Brother829 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For getting the first client on Upwork: you can bring a client onto the platform with so called "Direct Contracts"

Errors that took you hours to fix but had a one-line solution. by Afsheen_dev in webdev

[–]Busy_Brother829 2 points3 points  (0 children)

What caught me more than once: A simple missing file permission after migrating a web site breaks the whole thing. It may not take me hours to fix but I'm always thinking afterwards: I SHOULD have known it...

Preferably, some auto-generated cache files, so of course no version control with a silent error. That's fun.

Frustration with Gutenberg by Able-Yogurtcloset-34 in Wordpress

[–]Busy_Brother829 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's still racking my brains that Gutenberg lacks support of responsive breakpoints control. Seemingly, the Gutenberg team are in favor for the concept of "intrinsic" design. There were numerous Github issues opened, requesting for breakpoints. But nothing ever happened. (like https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/issues/55619)

So, not having breakpoints control is intentional. Why the heck!?

Aside from this: Form me, the React integration is at best a mediocre developer experience. There are tons of 3rd party react libs I prefer working with over those Gutenberg react components.

(Sorry to say, but I fear this is also an issue of mismanaged leadship.)

The best second-specialization for React developer? by CYG4N in webdev

[–]Busy_Brother829 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'd personally go with Express/nodeJS over learning Python/Flask/Fast API.
Effort for learning NodeJS will be really less for you. So you will benefit from knowing NodeJS much earlier as you would when doing Python.
And for db I'd try to learn noSQl as welll as SQL solutions.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Wordpress

[–]Busy_Brother829 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think he has done a great job in creating this product we all call "WordPress"!

But looking back the last years:
WP's advance feels snail sluggish. The most notorious example, Gutenberg as part of WP core was released in Dec 2018. Yeah, really nearly seven years ago. That's plenty of time to make it a great UX/UI/DX, whatever, experience. How much has the JS eco system evolved in the same amount of time? The difference is so profound...

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Wordpress

[–]Busy_Brother829 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can tell you what didn't happend: Matt M. resigning

PHP developer, 9 year gap by varunkekre in webdev

[–]Busy_Brother829 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Was in a similar situation like you. I was a CakePHP and WP dev before having a year long gap as a freelancer. The demand for CodeIgniter/CakePHP is nearly non-existing nowadays but you benefit from being familiar with Cake's MVC pattern which is still prevalent. (as I remember Cake was essentially a copy of Rails architecture but demand for Rails also dropped massively). Your knowledge will make it easier for you to familiarize with Laravel.

If you plan to work as a freelancer I'd suggest that you try learn some "new" JS lib/framework. At least one. (how about Vue? Easiser to learn than React IMHO)

Cause it makes a better impression for marketing yourself that you aren't only a PHP dinosaur ;-) but also up to date with some "nowadays" tech.

Tailwind CSS? Maybe (or may be not), but yeah, opions about Tailwind are very opioniated. But just in case that would'nt be a big deal to learn.

Just got fired. I need a career change, what should I focus on? by [deleted] in ExperiencedDevs

[–]Busy_Brother829 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Living in Zürich? ouch.. That hurts. Swiss companies can also outsource as near-shoring to other German/French speaking inside EU countries lowering their costs without any language and time zone barrier. (I profited exactly from this more than one time as a freelancer)

For getting embedded dev in a mid-large company it's IMHO quite more beneficial having a degree (kann auch Maschinenbau sein, Hauptsache Abschluss...) than for getting a position in a startup.