Stack suggestions for personal projects
I currently work in .NET and I hate it and I want to leave. One way to do this in my mind is to create open source personal projects in stacks that I want to get into. Just looking for suggestions on some good stacks that are higher paying typically and will be around for a while and are more modern. Mostly leaning towards Node+React but what does blind think?
If you’re leaning towards the React/Node side, I’d give NextJS a shot.
Rust?
I consistently see Rust talked about and I used it for a low level project in college. Is it sufficient for like full stack dev?
I guess I could just figure it out myself but
Honestly just apply for any job regardless of the teck stack as long as you're working in a similar domain (e.g. backend/web). Surely you can pick up the basics of a new language in a matter of days, right?
I can I just am not convinced that moving to a cool hip company from a .Net shop is that easy.
I can offer one piece of advice. Whatever you do, make sure you enjoy the process. IMO, learning for the sake of learning gets boring really fast because you can’t find the right problems to apply them on. At least this is what keeps me still motivated to work on side projects every once in a while, 5 years after graduating school. If I work on a sick stack but my project will never see the light of day until a year later, this is a big motivation killer for me personally. I’ve learned it the hard way. Learn what you need to learn to get the job done. The skill of adaptability you learn along the way will prepare you to learn whatever fancy stack there is in the future very very fast.
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You may want to go with an opinionated framework like Next.js or something like that. You still get exposure to modern tech within the framework.
How do you mean opinionated?
Opinionated frameworks can elegantly solve common problems out of the box for you because you're doing things in a very specific way. You trade some freedom and power for more "batteries included" solutions. So sometimes you're just learning the framework, but it can help you focus on building the thing that matters.