Do you have examples of the patterns and es6 features you describe?

Siggy

On Sat, Sep 22, 2018 at 01:02 kai zhu <[email protected]> wrote:

> a problem i've observed in industry is that many es6 language-features
> have the unintended-consequence of incentivising incompetent
> javascript-developers at the expense of competent-ones.  its generally
> difficult for many employers (even those knowledgeable in general-purpose
> programming), to discern between:
>
> a) a competent javascript employee/contractor who can get things done and
> ship products (albeit with legitimate delays), and
> b) an incompetent-one who can easily hide themselves in non-productive es6
> busywork, and continually pushback product-integration (again with
> “legitimate” delays, until its too late).
>
> its gotten bad enough that many industry-employers no longer trust
> general-purpose-programming technical-interviews when recruiting js-devs,
> and rely almost exclusively on either a) an applicant's reputation /
> word-of-mouth for getting things done, or b) their ability to complete a
> time-consuming tech-challenge, where they must demonstrate ability to ship
> a mini-product.  both methods are not scalable to meet the demand in
> industry for qualified js-devs in product-development.
>
> the only solution i can think of to this industry-problem is to hold-back
> on introducing new disruptive/unproven javascript design-patterns, and
> figuring out how to educate the industry with tightened javascript
> style-guides and existing design-patterns proven to work (more is less);
> generally, ways to enhance the current, woefully inadequate “bullsh*t
> detector” of employers so they can better identify and
> mentor/train/weed-out unqualified js-devs.
>
> kai zhu
> [email protected]
>
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