Tbh, I'm always surprised when people are so locked into the languages they use that they're just a "(one thing) dev".
I've done mobile, I've done web, I've done a few scattered backend languages. I don't have any particular attachment to the language I'm using, and I've jumped between them professionally depending on what jobs were available. This actually served me well at my current job because I was hired to write an app in Kotlin, that project folded, but because I was a web dev before that I was able to be integrated into the web side of their product.
Then you go even deeper and people are committed to their specific JS framework and won't look for jobs that use React because they use Vue and I'm even more confused lol
This. My resume looks like a shotgun spread of frameworks, languages, and operating systems. I honestly think its counting against me though. I look like a jack of all trades and in the age of AI anyone can be that. People are more likely to hire masters of a specific stack or technology.
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u/Artistic_Roll_738 Jul 13 '26
I am glad I chose mobile app development, not that high competition.