[BlargMcLarg]

I had this problem with switching contexts. For work, we use a combination of old Java, Tomcat, JS and the likes. For my hobby, I mainly program games in C#. Two entirely different infrastructures. That said, I can keep both up decently well due to the sheer volume of practice.

A few months ago I had my first go at ASP.NET Core, specifically Razor. Hadn't touched it for months, now I'm trying it again and I already forget intricacies of the syntax (when to put curly braces etc.), all stuff you only really remember through continued practice. Most of all: its just knowledge you can find on the internet. The case isn't unique enough to not have a creative solution or find a source on. In fact, the information is so easy to find, its almost a waste of brain space to remember rather than figuring out the pattern to uncover the solution next time.

I also find webdev to be more and more complex by the year. Not because of the frameworks introduced, but due to the increasing demands from users, the competition and security issues, while there's still very little to streamline the process for the developer. It takes a lot of steps to get to the point where your site is online, with certified security, connected to a domain instead of an IPaddress, coming as someone who primarily did desktop development.

[christiansakai]

Indeed, switching context is fine and I think decent developer should be able to do it within first two weeks of ramping up. That's why I think it is a waste of time to go and learn the nitty gritty of all these platforms just for the sake of job interviews. Unless that skill is highly specialized like OpenGL/Vulkan API developer or something.