The Popular Option w/ Colby Fayock

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Show Notes

Interview Questions/Topics

• As a web developer, there are a tonne of tools available for us to work with. When searching and researching which one to use, there seems to be a pressure (at least to me) to use the most popular tool in the space
  
  • Question: What are your thoughts on this? Do you feel this pressure? 
  • Question: Should developers choose the most popular option? If so, why? 
• As a content creator, I’m sure that choosing and learning popular tools is crucial to ensuring your content gets views
  
  • Question: When preparing to make your latest video, or written guide, do you shy away from niche tools to appeal to a larger audience?
  • Question: Do the tools you learn as a content creator affect the tools you use in your day job?
• When given a niche problem, you’ll commonly have only niche solutions. For example, if you’re seeking out a very specific solution on a WordPress site, you’ll often find a very small plugin made by a solo dev that does what you want
  
  • Question: In this context you’re forced into using this niche plugin, or creating your own custom code solution
    
    • Niche plugins have a good chance of losing support down the line, however they do save time in comparison to coding your own solution
    • And you may not want to support your own custom code/plugin (the client may not even want to pay for it)
• You’re both a business owner (content creation) as well as a 9-5 professional
  
  • Question: Why do both? Would you ever give up the 9-5?‍
  • Question: Tell me about your professional experiences and how you landed them. Did the content creation play a part in that?

Colby’s Links

• https://youtube.com/colbyfayock
• https://bsky.app/profile/colbyfayock.com
• https://twitter.com/colbyfayock

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