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At the web dev startups I have worked at I was able to hit the ground running (okay, maybe like 2 weeks of training). If you know the UI & server frameworks most companies aren’t doing anything complicated from a business perspective. Half of them are crud with layers

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I think this is the key here: anything that’s crud with layers is the same job. Of course you can be productive within a year if what you are doing is literally the same job.

Sadly this is too common. But what about proper changes of job? Going from embedded to game dev to web to HFT to Ai? Do people not do this kind of switch at all when they say “I just work 1-2 year stints”? That sounds like a pretty dreadful career to swap one crud gig for another, never really knowing a domain deeply.

>But what about proper changes of job?

while I did switch like the ones you mentioned

then I don't agree with you calling it "proper"

I'd call it: making yours life harder due to curiosity.

I guess. But on the other hand I guess in the last decade of web dev just trying to stay afloat in the sea (or tire fire, depending on your perspective) of web dev frameworks and tooling is a full time job and career.

To some that’s probably also something that’s intellectually satisfying.

They all think what they’re doing is magic and impactful but “crud with layers” is IT

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