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The MERN Stack Failed Junior Developers

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The popular MERN stack tutorials and the larger JavaScript ecosystem in general has failed to prepare junior developers for professional jobs. This is a rant about that...

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Chapters

1. The Fast-Track Myth (00:00:00)

2. MERN’s Template Trap (00:02:30)

3. The Black Box of APIs (00:05:20)

4. Project-Based Learning’s Limits (00:08:40)

5. Culture of Abstraction in JS (00:11:30)

6. What Tutorials Skip: Depth (00:14:30)

7. Real Developer Mindset (00:18:00)

8. Frontend Gaps: React and Testing (00:21:00)

9. Full Stack Claims vs Reality (00:25:30)

10. Backend Foundations You Missed (00:29:00)

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