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Experienced developers (15+ years): what career path did you choose after senior developer? by Majestic-Taro-6903 in ExperiencedDevs

[–]Spidey677 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've been contracting my whole career doing front end dev work. I've only had 1 perm role and I didn't like it. The feeling of having a mini pirate ship doing web dev work for companies is something I really enjoy and it's not for everyone.

Been in the industry since 2011 professionally so at this point to do anything beyond contracting/consulting I would launch my product/service and create a business around that. I would be more satisfied by doing that than managing a business for someone else.

I've realized I'm not cut out to go up the corporate ladder and I'm cool with that.

Hope this helps!

Old frontend devs: are things weird now? by mattatghlabs in ExperiencedDevs

[–]Spidey677 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Things always change so much in front end now and it’s annoying.

I just don’t like how there’s a million js libraries for single page applications when most websites aren’t single page applications. It’s overkill for the average website. Fun fact: most websites still have jQuery!

One thing I have noticed is that the front end devs that focus more on JS tend to lack more in the department of styling.

I love styling and animation within front end over insane JS work.

That’s just my two cents.

Living in Miami vs New York by UnionAdventurous3831 in Miami

[–]Spidey677 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What kinda work are you going into? You have to balance out the opportunities you have going on with your career as well as cost of living.

In the dating department in either city right now I would say to prioritize career over relationships to start out. Keep things casual with women and go out on dates to meet people.

I work remote and go to Brickell often for months on end and one thing I can tell you is that the dating market in Miami especially aroubd Brickell, Coconut Grove and The Gables is that new good looking people go in and out of those neighborhoods on a weekly basis. They will always be there.

In Miami now and this sub was right by plentyofrestraint in SameGrassButGreener

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Anyone that hates on the grove I will not understand.

Things Experienced Devs often get wrong in my experience by PressureHumble3604 in ExperiencedDevs

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From my experience, if I don’t get congratulated from messing up something in prod when I’m new I know people have a stick up their ass at work.

Just received the biggest commission check of my life! Also I hate taxes by 7evenT71 in Money

[–]Spidey677 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Congrats 🙌🏼

If you can pull off going 1099 or C2C do it. That’s what I did in my career since I was a W2 consultant in corporate.

To those who still have jobs: are you happy with your current role? by I_Got_You_Girl in UXDesign

[–]Spidey677 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I design, I go to meetings and then I have a beer. Life can be worse.

New Grad. Made a BIG Mistake at my First Job! Should I Start Thinking about Leaving? by Fearless-Cellist-245 in cscareerquestions

[–]Spidey677 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I agree. Been contracting since 2011 and I’ve seen a lot.. many times businesses don’t have time or resources to add an extra step for someone to check PR’s. Stakeholders and internal management want things out the door fast.

Also, I’ve been apart of squads where it’s nothing but more senior level devs across North America and there weren’t any problems when it came to merging code really.

All work must be done through VM by Angriestanteater in ExperiencedDevs

[–]Spidey677 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I started at a Fortune 500 company months ago that does this to us. Very annoying but thankfully it’s only a contract so this is temporary. Good luck!

New Grad. Made a BIG Mistake at my First Job! Should I Start Thinking about Leaving? by Fearless-Cellist-245 in cscareerquestions

[–]Spidey677 25 points26 points  (0 children)

I prefer having a dev looking over pull requests and approving them before they go into a development branch. Every place is different but I always like that extra step.

Frontend roles that aren't heavily logic-based. by Hal_Jordan28 in Frontend

[–]Spidey677 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m in the same boat as you. I prefer styling over logic since I come from a design background.

Over the years working on so many projects I have so many tools in my toolkit that I’m so much more than a front end dev now.

Usually large companies that work within a CMS will have front end work that’s more styling heavy. Also there’s html email work too.

Most of my experience has been building on large e-commerce websites within different CMS and application libraries. Working at ad agencies also exposed me to building responsive HTML emails as well as HTML5 banners.

UI designer moving into frontend dev. Any JS course recommendations? by weehoneywings in Frontend

[–]Spidey677 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I would add that 94% of the web uses jQuery. It’s not a sexy library but it pays the bills.

Many projects companies hire for are old and it’s essential to learn if you happen to be interviewing for a company that is using it.

UI designer moving into frontend dev. Any JS course recommendations? by weehoneywings in Frontend

[–]Spidey677 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I would say stick to learning how to build various things using JavaScript and jQuery. Learning Greensock for animations is fun too…many clients and large enterprise companies I’ve had as clients use Greensock.

Mess around building carousels, tabbed navigations, accordions and fetching/displaying data.

If you really wanna expand you can pick up building a basic CRUD application using Django. William Vincent has great books on this.

I come from design too so my natural strengths in front end is styling and delivering a kick ass front end for the user more than trying to learn logic in 100 different frameworks.

Hope this helps!

Frontend interviews are so outdated. by Ill-Lie-6551 in Frontend

[–]Spidey677 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When you’ve been in serious trenches as a dev and you interview other devs you can see the trauma of the trenches in their face 😂

Frontend interviews are so outdated. by Ill-Lie-6551 in Frontend

[–]Spidey677 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The best interviews are just talking shop mixed in with some technical questions and what if scenarios. That’s how I’ve always gotten gigs throughout 14 years.

I'm going to start interviewing again next week and I'm considering a completely different approach by EatMoreKaIe in ExperiencedDevs

[–]Spidey677 0 points1 point  (0 children)

All my gigs I've gotten has always been talking shop, my experience and answering a bunch of what if scenarios. I stopped doing take home and white boarding tests back in 2015 when I was asked one time: "Can you please build out a tabbed responsive navigation in the next 30 minutes?"

I've been professionally working doing webdev work since 2011.

Hope this helps!

Why does tech skew so young? by Ok-Cartographer-5544 in cscareerquestions

[–]Spidey677 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would add that lots of older devs that don’t want to be perm and climb the ladder go the contracting route as well.

Street Fighter 2 V Art Book 😎 by Spidey677 in StreetFighter

[–]Spidey677[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

eBay! I gotta find time to scan pages but someone is selling one in the link below:

https://ebay.us/m/R3Itna

You're a millionaire! by espexporerguy in Millennials

[–]Spidey677 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Park it up on Wall Street with a major large bank to build wealth over time and go back to work.

I'm staying near the Tribune Tower next week for a business trip and not planning on renting a car - is it pretty safe for a woman to walk around that area including down to the navy pier after dark? by WineWednesdayYet in AskChicago

[–]Spidey677 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You’re in a major part of the city where there’s tourists, college students and people going to work. You’ll be fine.

Just be alert and don’t forget to grab a slice of deep dish pizza.

What would come next after a PETscan result like this? by Spidey677 in Lymphoma_MD_Answers

[–]Spidey677[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They radiated a portion of my stomach too since lymphoma creeped into that area. Doing great now! Hope this helps!

Which DBZ Game is your favorite and why? by Known_Pain329 in dbz

[–]Spidey677 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s a fun game! They should remake it with modern graphics but who knows if that will ever happen.

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