>I don't understand why people label others who care about their craft and the tools they use as junior/midlevel.
Because we’ve gone through 10 different frameworks already.
I’m not a jQuery engineer or a Backbone engineer or an Angular engineer or a React engineer or a Redux engineer or a MobX engineer or a Node engineer or a Rails engineer or a PHP engineer or a Python engineer. Yes I’ve used all od those to deliver real world projects that made money for my clients/employers, but they’re just a tool I use. Many such tools have come and gone since I started building stuff for the web in the early 00’s and many more will come and go before I stop. I love building stuff and I have a deep understanding of the web, but tools are just tools, they don’t define me.
Yes you want a carpenter with a good understanding of hammers and nails and you need them to know which to use when, but do you really want to hire a carpenter who identifies themselves as “Expert hammerer of 5 inch nails”?
Ultimately, if you are looking for an expert hammerer of 5 inch nails, I am not a good fit. And that’s okay.
Because we’ve gone through 10 different frameworks already.
I’m not a jQuery engineer or a Backbone engineer or an Angular engineer or a React engineer or a Redux engineer or a MobX engineer or a Node engineer or a Rails engineer or a PHP engineer or a Python engineer. Yes I’ve used all od those to deliver real world projects that made money for my clients/employers, but they’re just a tool I use. Many such tools have come and gone since I started building stuff for the web in the early 00’s and many more will come and go before I stop. I love building stuff and I have a deep understanding of the web, but tools are just tools, they don’t define me.
Yes you want a carpenter with a good understanding of hammers and nails and you need them to know which to use when, but do you really want to hire a carpenter who identifies themselves as “Expert hammerer of 5 inch nails”?
Ultimately, if you are looking for an expert hammerer of 5 inch nails, I am not a good fit. And that’s okay.