Dragos Nedelcu

The Senior Dev | Helped 350+ JavaScript Devs reach Senior — or you don’t pay. Find your Technical Gaps below👇🏼

[Dragos Nedelcu @theSeniorDev88]

In the long run...

What you put into the world will come back.

Be it work, family or any other walk of life.

[Dragos Nedelcu @theSeniorDev88]

@Re_allyedge glad you found it valuable :) cheers

[Dragos Nedelcu @theSeniorDev88]

@NicholasVerge power

[Dragos Nedelcu @theSeniorDev88]

Everyone respects knowledge because everyone respects hard work.

[Dragos Nedelcu @theSeniorDev88]

Two word's to make any Junior developer's day:

"Good job!"

[Dragos Nedelcu @theSeniorDev88]

Fundamentals every JavaScript Developer should know:

1. Clojures
2. Promises
3. Event Loop
4. Array Methods
5. Event Bubbling
6. DOM Manipulation
7. Prototypal Inheritance
8. Critical Rendering Path
9. Functional Programming

Master those, and the JavaScript will become easy.

[Dragos Nedelcu @theSeniorDev88]

I don't remember when I was successful.

I do remember when I was failing, but I didn't quit.

That's the brain teaching me a lesson.

Not quitting > Succeeding.

[Dragos Nedelcu @theSeniorDev88]

To get to Senior Developer, learn how to:

1. Test
2. Debug
3. Deploy
4. Interview
5. Take the lead
6. Communicate
7. Write clean code

These 7 skills will make up for 90% of your success.

The rest is just showing up.

[Dragos Nedelcu @theSeniorDev88]

Had a chat with my dad a few days ago.

We were talking about the future.

He tells me, "Dragos, there is no future. The future is what you do today."

The old man hit the nail on it's head.

Every morning, I wake up, and I think of that. Get's me going like nothing else.

[Dragos Nedelcu @theSeniorDev88]

Things that sabotage great developers:

1. Ego
2. Self-doubt
3. Bad habits
4. Procrastination
5. Lack of clear goals
6. Weak fundamentals
7. Fear of missing out (FOMO)

Get rid of them, and your career will skyrocket.

[Dragos Nedelcu @theSeniorDev88]

Far too many developer dreams were crushed in the LeetCode rabbit hole.

But until FAANG companies find a better way to interview people, the madness will continue.

[Nat Miletic @natmiletic]

When you move from WordPress to webflow

[Geoffrey Miller @gmiller]

Your periodic reminder that crypto market volatility is a machine for transferring wealth from high neuroticism people to low neuroticism people.

[Dragos Nedelcu @theSeniorDev88]

I don’t know about over-employed.

But most developers I talk to these days are definitely overworked.

Cheers to taking a break.

[Dragos Nedelcu @theSeniorDev88]

Message to self.

The world not being a perfect place is not an excuse for you to give everything less than your best.

[Dragos Nedelcu @theSeniorDev88]

With everyone trying to be an influencer these days, going dark and executing might be your best bet.

The world needs more software developers than it needs Kim Kardashians.

[Dragos Nedelcu @theSeniorDev88]

Developers, how many of you will ONLY work remotely?

[Dragos Nedelcu @theSeniorDev88]

Game developers getting laid off should really consider launching their own games.

I am sick of big studios milking the same cow with decades-old series.

We need some new sagas, new storylines, new ideas.

[Dragos Nedelcu @theSeniorDev88]

If everything you see is problems, you might just be burned out.

Often, we forget that no matter how much you love your job, you still need to take a break.

Good stuff can burn you out too.

[Dragos Nedelcu @theSeniorDev88]

I believe the biggest motivator of great software developers is not money but freedom.

Freedom to work, build, and live the way you want.

With all the difficulties this job has, the freedom it gives you makes it all worth it.