self-education

It’s the beginning of 2024, layoffs happen on every corner, and I’m one of those who were affected. One thing I’ve been reminded of is that interviews are tricky for me. As controversial as it sounds, it gets even trickier when I am asked questions related to my area of interest. It’s easy if you don’t know anything about a subject - admit it, and that’s it. But when you’ve been working in the field for a few years and you know the question is related, but you can’t remember some of the details - that’s when it gets interesting....

I recently had a conversation about why I insist that JavaScript (and especially TypeScript) developers should learn from Rescript, Elm, Go, Rust, and other languages. A person asked me: “Who cares? Users don’t care what language you use to build your product. Often the business doesn’t care either! There are plenty of companies with tons of spaghetti code, and they sell their products well! So why bother?” Well, I couldn’t spontaneously say why I care....