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Sayantan
@n0obdev.bsky.social

Context: I'm fed up with the shitty work I have to do at my current workplace, and I've to motivate myself to move my lazy ass and start looking for better opportunities. Upskilling myself is the only way forward.

Sayantan
@n0obdev.bsky.social

I'm quite comfortable creating and managing mid-to-large size Angular SPAs as for the last 6 years I've been doing pretty much the same thing at work. In 2018, I was using Angular 6 at work, in 2024, I'm using Angular 9, 11 & 16 at work. There are only two repos that use 16 coz I moved them.

Sayantan
@n0obdev.bsky.social

In my free time, I've taught myself React and I try to keep myself updated with the new things happening in Angular, React and the Web development space in general. I need to really Upskill my server tech knowledge though.

Sayantan
@n0obdev.bsky.social

However, in order to land a better job, I'll also have to get better at DSA and programming in general. Monotonous application development has deteriorated some of my core problem solving skills and my intuition, which I always thought I was good at.

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Sayantan
@n0obdev.bsky.social

I'm confused if I should learn the old things in React too, like class components, Redux, styled-components or invest that time in getting better at modern React, which I'm much more comfortable with. What do you think?

Sayantan
@n0obdev.bsky.social

Watched QuickSort videos, understood the algorithm, but failed to write working code even after several tries. Was only able to write after checking a couple of others doing it. Not a good start.