Embracing Tailwind: An Aging, Grumpy Web Developer's Journey

It's OK, I guess.

At 47, I'm venturing back into the coding career I stepped away from two decades ago to work with a web framework that goes against everything I stand for.

Let me explain.

After being laid off this past January and uncertain about the future because I'm not seeing a ton of roles looking for an "Enterprise Simulator Leader," I'm dusting off my development skills and diving back into the tech waters where tech developers still thrive and the financial incentives are hard to ignore. A mystical land, where the cafeterias are large and spacious engineers are served free lunches with mango lassis in coconut shells.

Oh, and health care.

Project Overview

Here's the thing, though: web developers have portfolios. They at least have some body of work. I once had a portfolio. My last project was for my ex's movie theater, where a couple of weeks ago, the staff dared to replace my website with …