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] > > -- > Job board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ > New group rules: > https://gist.github.com/othiym23/9886289#file-moderation-policy-md > Old group rules: > https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "nodejs" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/nodejs/0BBA242B-D57D-4260-BC24-7983923B43A7%40gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/nodejs/0BBA242B-D57D-4260-BC24-7983923B43A7%40gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Sent from Gmail Mobile -- Job board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ New group rules: https://gist.github.com/othiym23/9886289#file-moderation-policy-md Old group rules: https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nodejs" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/nodejs/CAOd5ZkpWCKLTk9TR%2BeE%2Bg9upuezAf_EQVKnpaOhFNk1SgYiZJA%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
