[austincheney]

JavaScript and the web generally are a really big deal. Unless you are working close to the metal at some point you are probably going to have to write code that somehow works in a browser. The problem with this is that it doesn't resemble C++ or Java and very few people figure out how these technologies actually work.

Academia isn't preparing developers for this reality. Many will try to fake it or hide under imposter syndrome, which is fine if everybody in the company is an imposter, otherwise it is plainly obvious you are incompetent.