I saw Jon Skeet saying on twitter that he got a recruiter email about working in C. Says all that needs to be said about them

@lucasgonzalez you'll probably not get many disagreements with that here. There was a guy who worked in my place before I did and he use to use it as it was common in the languages he wrote previously. It drove my colleagues mad and they tried countless times to move him away from it, but it never worked

Do it if it's there standard but it sounds like the type of place you wouldn't wanna spend too long at anyways. So take all the good experience you can and move on when you've built up enough of if

@nitaj96a definitely. Classical inheritance in JS I find to be even worse than in other languages but prototypes are great! Pure functions for me are the future (we'll still need OOP though).

Honestly I drink like 3/4 diet cokes a day and sometimes a monster zero. Zero calorie drinks will have no long term affect on your health. Sugary drinks you've gotta be careful, it's not bad but obvious you can have too much sugar.

*I read up on studies from exercise scientists and nutritionalists every now and again.

Check out funfunfunction and Wes Bos on youtube. Both superb resources.

Also I see you mention methods and classes. Just be open to JavaScript being very different than other OOP languages. In fact functional programming is very popular in JavaScript now, where you don't use classes at all. (Some people will use a mixture of OOP and FP though).

Hang in there. You'll get accustomed to it eventually. Try simple things like not drinking any soda or caffeine after 7 or 8PM and going to bed at like half 10/11

I like them. I often see people getting help from others who often otherwise wouldn't have known that person was having that issue.

Also a great way to get an overview of what your colleagues are working on without having to know loads of details.

Always starting from scratch. If the finished project has been well written and still had a few interesting issues to solve then those can be awesome, but that seems to be quite rare.

@J4s0n saving grace haha

@OnlyBytes I thought the wireless ones could only be worse. I guess that may not be true

A few guys in my work were using it for a while and it seems very average. I think they're much better cross platform frameworks out there now. Also web apps have improved considerably, if you can use them I'd recommend that over anything (for most scenarios).

It is? With a runtime engine? I know C# for sure is slower.

I'm not sure I like the idea of other dictionaries letters. Too much keyboard work😬.

Wrongly spelled words I guess we're used to by now

@jerjer I backed the original and then the latest. All went well and I got my watch but I was in the middle of a support query about the watch (won't charge when switched on) before they folded. I then got a refund for my other device. I thought fitbit could've did a little more as well but oh well.

Well I'll refuse to use it ever again after the whole Pebble thing so they're free from my traffic.

I type words and sentences into a notepad, some come up in different colours, some have red underlines. I have no idea what's going on half the time.

@fbomb Oh these were in his free time, not in work. We didn't read books in that place lol (well at least not in view of anyone else)

Recruiters don't actually care. It's all a numbers game. I wish that side of the industry would die off

Thanks guys! @kanduvisla they don't seem to ever use them so unfortunately I can't put that forward but hopefully my wage reflects it haha

I failed one of these recently so maybe I am a robot😕

@adamjones353 I have to disagree if I'm honest, it's not that young. Also Facebook are using it for a start and I also know a large security firm using it. Imo it's the best JS framework out there and that's largely because of how production ready it is and the community around it (aside from the nice implementation of it)

To answer the original question. It is worth it, stick at it. To get started though I'd use create-react-app and eject it (so you control all your dependences). I'd also check out Wes Bos's series on Redux after you've got the basics of React down. It'll teach you about React Router and how to handle state etc

@deusprogrammer React is MV not MVC so the model is the sole source of truth. I like it personally, it makes things simpler imo and I really like the state management with a Flux/Redux architecture

Then when the euro goes bust in a few years young devs of the future will be like "what the hell is that thing"😂

I got a box of celebrations from the boss before Christmas. Almost ate the lot in about 3 days, didn't get fat so I'm sure you'll be fine!

Just try leave it better than before. I've seen some nightmare C# classes and you kinda feel like there's not much you can do without creating a mess for yourself but slowly you can! Either that or jump ship early haha

Seemed to fit perfectly...

@lamy can't you just rip the drive out and stick it in a caddy?

I would try and get by without one, you'll get more practical and specific knowledge that way but they definitely do help find your first job. After a couple of years experience it doesn't matter.

*I have a degree but with a poor grade and I never get asked about it, I have a good job and my offer rate from interviews seems to be good.