追逐流行新的技術
“I worry that a small subset of programmers (and their employers) have this attitude, namely a consistent focus on transitioning stacks to the newest. They pick companies primarily based on the framework, aiming for the latest instead of the best tool for the job. They spend their time playing with new libraries and frameworks, instead of improving their core technical skills.”
總有一些工程師只專注追逐新的技術。他們選擇公司也只因該公司選用了某個流行框架或技術，而非這些工具真的適用於這份工作。他們花很多時間把玩新的函式庫及框架，而不是加強核心關鍵技術。
“If much of the team has the same favorite, it may be better to follow this – as teams do well with the tools they know intimately. Things get problematic where individual engineers each have their own favorite and advocate for changes primarily because it’s easier or more comfortable for them, rather than beneficial to the team.”
如果團隊成員都有相同的技術喜好，那麼最好遵循這點。當團隊裡有工程師只因個人喜好而倡導改變時，這時問題就來了，因為這對他們而言是容易且感覺良好，但對團隊並不一定如此。
“There are several reasons this can be rational - the modern web engineer is often required be “current” to get a future job or contract; employers use a framework or language as a filter, rather than testing critical thinking and skills. Employers don’t realize that strong developers can become experts in many languages or frameworks in weeks, often days, with the right support.”
當然有幾個理由會是合理的。身為現代的網頁工程師，通常會被要求習得新技術才能獲得工作機會。因為有些雇主只會依你會什麼 “工具” 來篩選面試機會，而非測驗你核心關鍵的解決能力。這些雇主沒有意識到優秀的工程師能夠在幾週內學會多個程式語言，並以為光用新技術就可以獲得生產力的提升。
“People may suggest that choosing a modern stack is a critical recruiting tool for great startup engineers. My own observation is that the greats look for other things. By far, the most important are interesting problems to work on - and interesting people to work with them on.”
有人可能會覺得追逐新技術是成功通過面試的關鍵。我的觀察是，你更應該去看看其他更重要的。例如，工作所解決的問題是不是你有興趣的，工作夥伴是不是你認同的。
“Open Hacker News on any given day, and there’ll be a variety of posts beckoning you to learn, contribute, and build applications in a framework, language, library, or service of choice (including some companies like Mongo with serious cash, and therefore marketing budgets, behind their platforms). Some will have game changing capabilities, others a few critical differentiating features - but each will require time to become an expert. Some will loudly proclaim how they’re the future, and look derisively at what you’ve learnt - but they’ll need your skills and mindshare to truly compete with existing technologies. How will you choose?”
任何時候瀏覽 Hacker News，都充斥著各種吸引你的新技術或服務。有些技術會宣稱自己才是未來趨勢，並且嘲笑那些你已習得的技術，不過他們也需要你的技能和推廣，才能推翻原本既有的技術。你會如何選擇呢？
(以上非直接翻譯，有些已經過我的詮釋)