[Snd_]

I feel you... Web development is geared towards the "next hot thing" and can be very exhausting. Could it be an option to change your career path into a more management type role? Are you good with people? You might be a great mentor for junior devs?

[mouzogu]

i'd like to get into engineering management, but not sure how to transition, since these roles often require many years of experience as an engineering manager.

i tried to propose this where i am, but as a contractor, there's no need for it. i'm basically just here to follow orders.

i do like mentoring junior devs.

[cutler]

I don't quite get this. The highest number of JS jobs are in React and Express which are over 10 years old.

[badpun]

There may be 10 year old, but most people didn't work in React in 2012. 10 years ago, people were working in things like Ext.js or Backbone.js. Then, they had to learn Angular. And later, they had to learn React.

[cutler]

That doesn't subtract from my point, ie. that React and Node have been mainstream for many years and continue to dominate in the jobs market so how anyone with these skills can say they're not keeping up with front-end tech doesn't quite add up.

[weatherlite]

Especially front end. Backend is a bit more sane, I'm thinking of getting some Java/C++ job and becoming an expert. Hopefully having a decade+ in Java or C++ will keep me reasonably employed when I'm 50.