> feel the exact same way (s)he does about node.js [...] can already do everything I need to well with what I currently have
This is a provincial take. That is, “do everything I need to” is strongly limited by what a person currently knows. If you don’t have at least moderate amounts of experience with alternative ways of thinking, it’s impossible to know what you are missing. There are many things which are needlessly complex, slow, brittle, unproductive, ... in any particular programming environment, and javascript is one of the more limiting choices IMO.
Ideally, students would be exposed to a broad range of approaches and tools in school to build a strong foundation, but in practice this often doesn’t happen, and the folks I know who reliably build the best systems are the ones who spend a decent fraction of their time learning new tools and ideas throughout their careers, many entirely self taught.
This is a provincial take. That is, “do everything I need to” is strongly limited by what a person currently knows. If you don’t have at least moderate amounts of experience with alternative ways of thinking, it’s impossible to know what you are missing. There are many things which are needlessly complex, slow, brittle, unproductive, ... in any particular programming environment, and javascript is one of the more limiting choices IMO.
Ideally, students would be exposed to a broad range of approaches and tools in school to build a strong foundation, but in practice this often doesn’t happen, and the folks I know who reliably build the best systems are the ones who spend a decent fraction of their time learning new tools and ideas throughout their careers, many entirely self taught.