There’s a certain amount of ladder kicking involved in telling people to choose boring and beige technologies after you started up your career chasing after new and exciting shiny things.
Every developer should spend some time working at the bleeding edge, so they know how it feels to get cut. The best time is absolutely at the beginning, when you’re a fresh grad and have the energy. You have the rest of your life to work on boring stuff that pays the bills, and who knows, if you are successful with a new technology early on, you might just be working on it for a very long time, continually breaking new grounds.
Every developer should spend some time working at the bleeding edge, so they know how it feels to get cut. The best time is absolutely at the beginning, when you’re a fresh grad and have the energy. You have the rest of your life to work on boring stuff that pays the bills, and who knows, if you are successful with a new technology early on, you might just be working on it for a very long time, continually breaking new grounds.
Choose bold technology early, then boring.