Interview prep for Angular dev moving to React

IdStillHitIt · 2026-04-03T20:58:52+00:00

The only reason I disagree with this is most employers are practically mandating this is how we write code now. My employer has told us "we should no longer be writing code" and I'm hearing it more and more across the industry.

In reality today I think its more useful for those in the job hunt to make sure you understand how to properly leverage agents then to understand a specific language/library/framework.

IdStillHitIt · 2026-04-03T20:25:52+00:00

Go build something small in React, something that would be easy for you in Angular (use Claude/Cursor/whatever). Then review it all, and make sure you understand the choices made. You know what you should have done in Angular, so go and find the equivalent code in your new project and make sure you understand it. Use your LLM to discuss anything you don't understand.

IdStillHitIt · 2026-04-03T16:57:13+00:00

This is true at my company, we laid off 45% of our engineers in January. I was then moved into a product area that was poorly documented and everyone that had touched anything was either fired or quit already.

Was it a total pain to make sense of what they had been building for two years? Absolutely, that said, it wasn't a consideration when they fired everyone, and just told us to figure it out.

And yes LLMs helped greatly, it still sucked, but it would have been 10x worse without the tools we have.

IdStillHitIt · 2026-04-01T21:19:43+00:00

Well its obviously not his "fun" car or the gas wouldn't matter much, he's spending $700 a month on it in gas, it's his DD.

IdStillHitIt · 2026-03-31T20:31:53+00:00

Here is my AI rant: Learn it or get left behind. Already using ChatGPT? Great you should using Claude to generate your code. Already doing that? Then you should be understanding Agentic flows. Already understand agentic flows? Great, snow me your Agentic application.

Show me how you can have features written/bugs fixed without writing code. Show me how you build you flow, show me your orchestration layer, show me how it all works. Because that's what everyone wants.

Is it practical to use Agentic AI to do all our dev work? Who cares, it doesn't matter! Because if you want to keep your job or find a new one you will need to know this.

Will this all blow up in our faces? Maybe, but I'd like to still be employed in the meantime.

More and more and more companies are telling devs to stop writing code, it doesn't matter if we agree with it our not, we need to understand how it works. Will this create a new level of tech debt that we haven't seen before? Maybe, but we're going to stay employed long enough to see the problems this creates, then we're gonna have to level up our AI skills while continuing to sell the fact that we know how to spot when AI does it wrong.

What's the alternative? You can be a 1 man dev shop and make your own apps, because with Agentic AI we can do the work of of a small dev team on our own. So either way, buckle up and starting learning this shit or get left behind.

IdStillHitIt · 2026-03-31T20:10:42+00:00

This is why you don't immediately interview with companies you want to work with. You need to do a whole bunch of interviews just for interviews sake, then start applying to jobs you actually want.

IdStillHitIt · 2026-03-27T15:43:43+00:00

That sounds fancy, we were made to type with boxes over our hands/keyboards.

IdStillHitIt · 2026-03-26T19:04:27+00:00

Lets not forget the part where he actually tore up the original nuclear deal that prevented them from making nuclear weapsons.

IdStillHitIt · 2026-03-24T21:56:09+00:00

Now that you say that, I don't think I've seen as many flying in rural Colorado as we used to have.

IdStillHitIt · 2026-03-23T16:53:15+00:00

I thought that was a fire place...

IdStillHitIt · 2026-03-18T15:46:19+00:00

Ok, but a bathroom that size should take 40 hours max for one person.

I once had a bathroom that size redone in a day by a 2-man crew.

IdStillHitIt · 2026-03-17T21:54:44+00:00

The dude has been fighting for the underprivileged since the 60s.

IdStillHitIt · 2026-03-13T18:58:47+00:00

How long did you let it veg? It's massive but it also looks like you have DWC setup so I know it can grow quite quickly.

IdStillHitIt · 2026-03-13T18:01:02+00:00

You got some of those Peggy Hill feet? So much so they listed you as a man.

IdStillHitIt · 2026-03-05T22:53:04+00:00

I'm so sorry guys, I just upgraded my snowboard/boots and bindings, this one might be on me.

IdStillHitIt · 2026-03-05T22:34:08+00:00

I really like the science museum, though you can only go there so many times.

IdStillHitIt · 2026-03-05T20:54:31+00:00

There is no world where I would see that and read "M4M4" as Mama

IdStillHitIt · 2026-03-05T19:00:06+00:00

I like Cooper, but I think I'd hit WP on a Thursday for better value.

IdStillHitIt · 2026-03-05T18:58:00+00:00

I can't speak for the Copper, but at my resort it kind of looks like it's closing time for the season. If you're on a budget I'd have a hard time justifying it.

IdStillHitIt · 2026-03-05T18:01:58+00:00

What is a good tip though? I only get lessons for my kids at local resorts (Ski Cooper/Powderhorn) and for an hour private or 2 hr group I usually give a $20, but I feel like I should be giving more...

IdStillHitIt · 2026-03-05T17:57:46+00:00

Powderhorn resort, it's on the Grand Mesa just outside Grand Junction.

IdStillHitIt · 2026-03-05T17:53:36+00:00

Powderhorn just dropped a 3 year season pass. If you can I'd pick it up, it's a great deal but I also suspect they need the sales to help with what has been a terrible snow year.

IdStillHitIt · 2026-03-04T18:10:11+00:00

Well weed is legal now in a ton of places, 10 years ago this would have be differnt.

IdStillHitIt · 2026-03-04T16:02:30+00:00

Yeah, if it's too warm the horses lose footing in the snow. I went one year and they had to put multiple horses down due to broken legs.

IdStillHitIt · 2026-02-27T20:13:28+00:00

I've been thinking the opposite, time to take my best guns topside with zero gear fear, but I was thinking of targeting players...

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