I've been programming since I was a kid in the 80's, after a while you learn to stand back sometimes and let the bandwagon roll on past or as I've joked in the past "these days I simply get on every third bandwagon".
Yes, it would seem as a developer there is a certain amount of bandwagon jumping going on in the last few years.
You're very right, you really have to pick your battles. It's interesting since I'm doing more contract work and finding out that one shop uses Angular and another Backbone and a third React. Which one should I really learn and focus on, when nearly every shop has a totally different philosophy??
Even trying to pick the winners in these framework battles is getting exhaustive.
Truth is, it doesn't fucking matter. People are still building jQuery apps. The key is solving real world problems with nicely designed solutions. Doesn't matter what you do it in, how you do it. Just solve a problem.
Sounds like a viable strategy. That's basically my device upgrading plan. Wait for three new releases (in the same series) then "Alright, time for a new tablet/phone/laptop!" I haven't quite jumped on the watch bandwagon yet.
Generally I wait for a winner or something I like then stick with it.
I'm still using knockout.js since I've used it for two years, it's maintained and each release is a big improvement in features and recently speed (massive improvements in 3.4).
Its not that react et al don't interest me but the switching costs are real and I'm not sure what they'll look like in a year.
I've been programming since I was a kid in the 80's, after a while you learn to stand back sometimes and let the bandwagon roll on past or as I've joked in the past "these days I simply get on every third bandwagon".