I think I speak for many developers when I say:

One of the most infuriating, frustrating, personal-time-invading burnout situations ever:

When your company decides to be cool and hip and hop on every next new technology, selling its employees as undisputed experts and then expecting them to do all the work! And not wanting to pay education hours, stigmatizing the employees for it! What are we, born perfect?!

Oh, as if it wasn't enough that I have to perfect myself in three required skillsets that are expansive on their own and require years of learning, no! Not enough! Let's become experts in three other skills while we're at it! Hop on the bandwagon, wooh! Let's milk the employee more!

I'm so frustrated at this point I'm starting to make Godzilla noises.

You know what? I'm just going to do what I want. Fucking tired of this tech-chasing. I'm gonna fucking explore what I want.

In reality, many developers are frustrated with old tech.

So, what's the good directions then?

I'm specialized in administration software and we did not have much such issues. We chose just proven technologies and sticked with that.

@retoor Yeah and companies are concerned about competition so they try to get the latest and greatest. lol

you're thinking "expert" means deep knowledge

they're scamming and you're meant to play the scam con game alongside them, duh

you're not meant to be an expert you're meant to fool the clients into thinking you're an expert. that's the game. and in the meantime you can pick up the skills before anyone catches on

... interestingly there was some debate on Joe Rogan recently with a British guy and the British guy was annoyed that some other guy had deep knowledge of a subject but refused to call himself an expert

expert might actually be defined now as "an institution called you an expert" and omit any deep knowledge on the subject

this expert guy wasn't arguing that the deep knowledge guy should be calling himself an expert. he was arguing that his humility on himself not calling himself an expert made his arguments invalid

so expert effectively means nothing. it just means some people with established reputations have decided to invest in your reputation -- it doesn't mean depth, though I think everyone assumes expert means depth of knowledge

@jestdotty Fool the clients huh? That's so dirty. Blorgh. Argh. Just so dirty. I get it.

@jestdotty The thing is, I don't like rushing and I definitely don't like to have just one month to do it. That's why I get in trouble lol.

To me, expert means: has deep knowledge and is a living encyclopedia.

I look at the definition for myself; I'm not dependent on some outside factor. If I say I'm an expert, then I am a super expert.

And in reality, what they needed was "I know how this kinda works" because they can't afford a true expert. But everything has to be the 120% highest quality

@CaptainRant yeah but people use it as a marketing buzzword

idk people are notoriously dishonest in my experience but possible I had retarded experiences

@BordedDev they don't train experts*

oh they can afford them. but then their profit margins wouldn't be so ridiculous. a company will hire an expert fast when their ass is on the line. them saying they were gonna replace me in 2 months turns out they didn't make the job post til 6 months later. 9 months until a replacement was hired and then I left. as soon as I left? I had an exit interview a month after I left and they told me they hired an actual expert 2 weeks after I left. they weren't even trying.

@BordedDev Fuckers.

@jestdotty Sounds juuust like the IT industry. : )

@BordedDev might not be a math expert but pretty sure you can't go higher than 100% on an absolute quality scale.

Those kinda stats are for sales people...

If there is technical merit I don't have problems hoping on the bandwagon. As long as the people that can make an educated decision about it are a hefty part in that decision. It should work out more often than not.
Depending on the business model (fooling clients with buzzwords and hype vs actual consultation) this is the way to go. This means not a huge new tech stack and you have at least a few people that already have a head start as part of the research.

If you are not constantly learning you are not a dev in my opinion. You are a code monkey that can/should be replaced. A lot of this learning if not all is part of the work and therefore must be covered during work time.

Passionate Devs often pick up a lot outside work hours. But that is a bonus and that rapid development should be rewarded by a higher pay. This is of course the ideal world and often not the case. Selling yourself is a must if you are paid for your time.

@hjk101 That is indeed the joke