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by dimmke 722 days ago
I jumped off and started using Svelte but have now found looking at job listings all the non tech companies are still using Angular and all the startups/tech centric companies are using Next.js.

I feel like from an employability perspective I shot myself in the foot, but I also dislike both of those frameworks. So maybe I should just quit being a front-end developer and try to retrain as something else.
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ttfkam 722 days ago
I like Svelte too, but take another look at Angular. Your memories of Angular 9 don't match up anymore. It's A LOT more streamlined now with so much less boilerplate than before. And signals.

That said, transitioning to some backend or infrastructure focus never hurt anyone. It's good to see problems from different perspectives and roles. No one ever got fired for knowing too much SQL.

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willsmith72 722 days ago
It's just a frontend framework.

If you already have fundamental web dev knowledge, you'll be able to switch between them easily.

That's why I like Remix. It's react + web fundamentals. I'm happy to jump into a Vue, svelte, angular project. It's not all that different

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dimmke 722 days ago
Yeah, obviously however if you don't have previous experience with a framework in your résumé, they're going to choose the people that do.
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