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by pornel 1687 days ago
I've jumped from game development in C to webdev in PHP to front-end in JS to image compression to native app development in Rust.

I've managed just fine. Switching required reading documentation, specs, papers, blogs, etc. but that's a norm even if you're staying within a single field and don't want to be left behind. It's not even a lengthy process. Reading is this magical process of quickly uploading expertise to your brain.

On top of that a lot of skills are transferable, even between seemingly-far domains. Algorithms, debugging, testing, refactoring, research, project management, and general development wisdom are transferable.