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compacct27on Most of the time, you don’t really need another MOOC

That's totally fair, this guy is on the higher end and this is the only project I'd be willing to pay that for.

You can find one for less, though, if you ever find yourself wanting one. Mentor.io is a good place for it.

compacct27on Most of the time, you don’t really need another MOOC

Anyone who's professionally coding right now has one super-effective option that's rarely talked about: Hire someone knowledgeable to walk you through what you're learning.

I've been doing a heavy C++ project, and as a web developer, I was basically a walking footgun. I realized this early on, hired a total expert in the field (the guy has contributed to C++ standards committees before), and am Loving how smoothly this project is going thanks to learning from him. It's incredibly fun.

I pay the guy $150/hr in 10 hour chunks and get the most in-depth insight into what I'm doing, how to revise my code, what the code means in the first place, etc. It's perfect if you know how to code but find yourself in a brand new domain. I still learn outside of our hour-long mentor sessions, of course.

Skip the MOOC, hire the teacher.

..and then also do the MOOC, honestly they're pretty great.

compacct27on Web Vitals: essential metrics for a healthy site

I believe it, but I mostly hear about how user retention drops off if the website takes more than 1s to load.

And while I believe other types of slowness make users unhappy without seeing the literature, the people driving our priorities don't see the $ impact at all

compacct27on Web Vitals: essential metrics for a healthy site

These are great, but increasingly none of our web app's performance issues relate to any of these metrics.

Memory leaks, slow typing, UI interactions like opening a modal that shouldn't be taking 8s+, where's the literature on how those affect user satisfaction?

compacct27on Ask HN: Are you ok?

I've seen fairly few companies in the Bay Area (sorry if that's not you, assuming from FANG) that actually care that I've only stuck around most places for a year.

I've only been in this field for 5 years myself, but I've climbed this job-hunt mountain before if you want a good pep talk. I've taught people how to get their first job, which is a lot harder imo.

Totally up to you, wish you the best either way