http://blog.standardpixel.com/2008/07/03/javascript-developer/ Agile Web Development Fri, 21 Nov 2008 21:32:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://blog.standardpixel.com/2008/07/03/javascript-developer/#comment-115 Dave O Sat, 12 Jul 2008 00:46:52 +0000 http://blog.standardpixel.com/?p=22#comment-115 I can give you one reason for the difficulty in finding someone good at your first and second points, and your fifth point -- some of the most talented folks on the fifth point generally shun JS-based workarounds for issues they can solve without it, and that tends to translate into an interpretation of JS use as a failure of some kind. Similarly, when someone comes to JS first, there's a tendency I've seen to solve problems with JS instead of markup/css, and so those folks never delve truly deeply into the fifth point stuff. At the end of the day, only some folks (like you, which I know from working with you, heh) have such a strong interest in this stuff that you do it in your spare time, and the challenge of focusing on all the points is a feature instead of a bug. But, as you suggest, such people are rare. I can give you one reason for the difficulty in finding someone good at your first and second points, and your fifth point — some of the most talented folks on the fifth point generally shun JS-based workarounds for issues they can solve without it, and that tends to translate into an interpretation of JS use as a failure of some kind. Similarly, when someone comes to JS first, there’s a tendency I’ve seen to solve problems with JS instead of markup/css, and so those folks never delve truly deeply into the fifth point stuff. At the end of the day, only some folks (like you, which I know from working with you, heh) have such a strong interest in this stuff that you do it in your spare time, and the challenge of focusing on all the points is a feature instead of a bug. But, as you suggest, such people are rare.

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