| > I do not understand why web developers have such a knee jerk reaction to native development. So this is a one-off anecdote, but my experience with my teammates at work is that it's not so much an objection to native development, but an objection to having to learn more. Over half took a bootcamp-style class for web development after having never done any programming before, and managed to get hired. Their current status: * One has kept on learning, and I see no issues with them doing native development if they ever encountered it; they have the right mindset to teach themselves. * One has been on the team nearly as long as the first, but seems to be stuck in a rut. They've not progressed very far on their own and have to be handheld much of the way. This is a person I would expect to object to native development and push for using a framework like React Native, just so they don't have to go out and learn another language, expecting it to be too difficult (because of their inexperience with anything other than javascript and React). * The others joined too recently to be sure yet, but I have an inkling one of them is going to be more like the first, just much slower at it. I have the unnerving feeling that at least some of these web development bootcamps are presenting themselves as "learn this and you're good to for the rest of your life", with too many jumping in because it pays well right now, and not realizing they will have to keep on learning. |
Nothing against bootcampers per se, but I remember my university lecturers telling us this isn’t accounting, you’ll be learning for life. They didn’t tell us to get out of the class if we’re not up for it, they just set the expectation.
Even despite this, 5 years later I got a harsh reminder after other life factors getting in the way, and for about 2 years I stopped doing any extra curricular learning at all. It took me 1-2 years after that to pick up the pieces. Never again until I retire. You just can’t afford to not “want” to continually learn in this industry.