Ask HN: What framework/stack should I learn to get myself a job?

4 points by sph130 9 years ago | 8 comments

I gave it a go at founding a startup. Short story - sales cycle was too long and I've run out of cash even with customers coming in. I need to find work to pay the bills now. I'm a developer at heart - I can code the MEAN stack all day long. But looking at jobs out there I see more need for React, GO etc. I'm going to do a project in another language to hone my skills, I've got java, c#, c++, javascript, python experience. What stack should I pick up to have the best shot at getting a dev gig now? ( I was in IT Management/PM for a while so I only kept up my MEAN stack skills on the side while I was developing my startup application so this is why I am asking about it now. I would prefer to get back into development.

AsyncAwait 9 years ago |

MEAN is a good start, you can build on your existing skills and pick up React & React Native, which will also allow you to expand to mobile dev.

sph130 9 years ago | |

Thanks for the insight - I have seen a number of React postings.

davelnewton 9 years ago |

I'm not entirely sure I understand the question.

You already seem to have the buzzwords necessary to land a reasonable position.

sph130 9 years ago | |

Then maybe it's my resume skills? I'm not getting the initial interviews, but then again it may be because it's around the holidays.

davelnewton 9 years ago | | |

Impossible to say w/o knowing more.

This is a light time for hiring, as you state: lots of people are on vacation.

While people do look for specific buzzwords, the better ones realize that you can teach anybody a framework and it's among the less-important aspects of the hiring process. I see a pretty even mix of Angular vs. React jobs these days. I have neither on my resume (but have been doing React for some time now) and get more requests for Angular than React--but that might also be because it's harder to find Angular devs.