I am a frontend developer, but from afar, backend looks harder.
I think the challenge is being able to look at all things that are new and choosing the ones that matter. From your post, I think you are failing hard at this.
I safely ignore Chrome inspector new features until it happens to be relevant enough for a coworker to mention to me. I don’t know much about animation, but probably could Google my way into it if required in a task.
Now, responsive layout and ES6? These are essential for frontend development for some time already. It is not like those are new hyped frameworks that some early adopters are jumping into, those are required knowledge since, idk, five years ago.
So there is this aspect of development work where you have to study new things. You don’t have to study all things all the time. But ES6 you are already a good few years late to learn it, there is no way around it. You don’t need to know about Vue and Svelte, but you have to know well at least one framework, and React is the most popular by far, so it is an obvious choice. And you have to keep up with most relevant new things of your framework of choice. React Hooks is starting to enter that zone of required things to know.
If you don’t have the will to study everything (most people don’t) choose wisely what you must know. But if you don’t have the will to study anything new, there is no way you can have a career in any aspect of software development.
I think the challenge is being able to look at all things that are new and choosing the ones that matter. From your post, I think you are failing hard at this.
I safely ignore Chrome inspector new features until it happens to be relevant enough for a coworker to mention to me. I don’t know much about animation, but probably could Google my way into it if required in a task.
Now, responsive layout and ES6? These are essential for frontend development for some time already. It is not like those are new hyped frameworks that some early adopters are jumping into, those are required knowledge since, idk, five years ago.
So there is this aspect of development work where you have to study new things. You don’t have to study all things all the time. But ES6 you are already a good few years late to learn it, there is no way around it. You don’t need to know about Vue and Svelte, but you have to know well at least one framework, and React is the most popular by far, so it is an obvious choice. And you have to keep up with most relevant new things of your framework of choice. React Hooks is starting to enter that zone of required things to know.
If you don’t have the will to study everything (most people don’t) choose wisely what you must know. But if you don’t have the will to study anything new, there is no way you can have a career in any aspect of software development.