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by thomasrognon 3386 days ago
You're in a bubble. I've used QBASIC, C, C++, various .NET languages, Java, Python, list goes on and on. I've led desktop app, firmware drivers, kernel driver, security architecture projects, list goes on and on.

And guess what? I've been doing a ton of web dev over the past 5 or so years and I love it. I use React/Webpack/Node/ES201x/Typescript/etc. It's great.

When you're in a bubble, you like things for the beast you know, and hate things for the beast you don't know. There are a ton of devs out there that do not hate JS, and it sure as hell isn't out of inexperience.

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EDIT: I just realized you were replying to the over zealous fellow that replied to me and not me. Sorry. Time for coffee.

>You're in a bubble.

Come on, I made a qualified statement, I didn't even say most devs.

> I've used QBASIC, C, C++, various .NET languages, Java, Python, list goes on and on. I've led desktop app, firmware drivers, kernel driver, security architecture projects, list goes on and on.

I have a fairly similar history, ASM, QBASIC, C/C++, Java, Go, .NET (C#/VB), Haskell, Scheme, Prolog etc. I have also worked on systems software and applications.

I've worked at consulting firms, fortune 500s and startups and I have to say if you haven't run into my sentiment before commonly, I would assert that it is you who are in the bubble (sorry). I don't think you have to agree with my opinion, but to reject it as being common is absurd.

I don't hate JS out of lack of familiarity, in fact I have spent a lot of time porting node apps to Go and discovering all their terrifying callback spaghetti, concurrency bottle necks and inconsistent typing during single variable lifetime.