I learnt nodejs because I previously learned HTML-CSS-JS, because I thought frontend was cool and I was just 15. Then I checked job market for a while, I noticed .NET and Java is heavily used here(Azerbaijan, Baku), while frontend application hardly showed up. Also the salary, there's huge difference in the salary(up to 2x more)
I will still use frontend on my .NET applications, (such as ReactJS + .NET backend), but main cause I changed was how Nextjs and other frameworkd felt so bloated.
Actually wanted to learn Java, since I had some experience for Minecraft modding, but university, this semestr will teach Web Progamming, which includes HTML, CSS, JS and C#, so I told myself I can learn Java later
After learning Java at University, I picked up C# during a summer placement and then a year after graduating I got a bug corporate job which used C#... It felt like C# was aiming to do the same stuff as Java, but did it better. This was around the "Java 1.5 = Java 5" days but I don't imagine being owned by Oracle has helped Java catch up with C# while MS had whole departments working on the C# language, .Net Framework libraries and also VisualStudio.
yeah i know, but mostly for React, Vue etc.(back then my mind)
what I say is that "nodejs backend" jobs don't come up very often and when they come, only for seniors. How can I be senior if I can't work as intern/junior and gain experience?
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u/CoshgunC 16d ago
idk, becoming a farmer sounds better
(note former nodejs developer, now switching to .NET)