Word
W1.forego [fɔːˈɡəʊ]
v.先行,在……前面,发生在……之前;放弃,摒弃;拒绝;
Keen skiers are happy to forego a summer holiday to go skiing.
More and more Americans are choosing to forego traditional university degrees in favor of(P6) self-learning.
Phrese
P1.take a year off
休息一年/休学一年
In 2020, we decided to take a year off.
P2.conduct a survey
进行一项调研
It's about a survey conducted by our friends at HackerRank.
P3.break down the results
分成若干部分,拆开,拆解
I'm going to break down the results that I think are most relevant to new developers here.
P4.wear many hats
身兼多职,扮演多种角色
Smaller companies rely more heavily on generalists(S2). They bring on lots of full-stack developers who can wear many hats.
P5.at the expense of
以…为代价; 以牺牲…的利益为代价;
This usually comes at the expense of dedicated front-end and back-end developers.
P6.in favor of
有利于,交付给,以…为受益人; 赞同,支持;
More and more Americans are choosing to forego traditional university degrees in favor of self-learning.
P7.It's heartening to do
做……令人振奋不已
It's heartening to see more and more employers who are bringing on fully self-taught developers in addition to university graduates.
It is heartening to see that the environment has improved a lot after several decades’ efforts.
hearten [ˈhɑːtn] v.激励; 鼓励;
heartening [ˈhɑːtnɪŋ]
Heartening reports of victories are pouring in. 可喜的胜利消息不断传来。
Sentence
S1.Smaller companies consider full-stack developers(S3) more important. Larger companies are more likely to want specialists(S2).
small company 小公司
larger company 大型公司
S2.Larger companies allow for more specialization.
specialization 专门化;特殊化;特化作用(专业人才,精通某一项技能)
specialist(S1) n.专家
generalist(P4) n.(有多方面知识和经验的)通才;多面手
S3.Most hiring managers at all sized companies reported prioritized front-end, back-end, or full-stack developers.
front-end developer 前端网页开发人员
back-end develper 后台开发人员
full-stack developers 全栈开发人员
S4.Only about 30% of hiring managers considered it a higher priority to fill roles like: DevOps Engineering、Data Scientist、QA Engineer
DevOps Engineering 运维开发工程师
Data Scientist 数据科学家
QA Engineer 测试工程师
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