Thread by @dan_abramov

I was thinking about the sentiment you might see when something new is introduced. “Oh no, another thing to learn, why can’t we stop.”

And while I get the frustration I also wonder. Are there people who genuinely expect that they’ll be able to stop learning in this field?

Like, another JS library. Of course there is. Why wouldn’t there be? I would be concerned if there are no new ideas being tried. What did you expect, that there’s a limited number of things to learn and then you’re done for the rest of your career? That’s not how it works.

I think maybe the sentiment here may actually be directed against inexperienced project leads. Who might be overly tempted to jump between solutions and impose new things on their team. That can be frustrating.

Another frustrating aspect may be the moving targets in hiring. Like you don’t pass the interview if you don’t know some trivia about a particular tool. And those change every year. That’s demoralising. Especially if you feel your toolset may be outdated.

I also totally understand how it can be frustrating if you went into the industry expecting concrete knowledge to stay stable. I just think it’s a wrong expectation and we shouldn’t be giving that impression when teaching.