My experience being a developer who moved from an area with zero developer community to one with a very large one: things didn&#x27;t magically get better.<p>Being on my own for so long forced me to be the sort of generalist that some people think doesn&#x27;t exist or even shouldn&#x27;t exist. I mean like morally, they act like some of my projects are an affront to humanity just because I like to keep my number of dependencies low. It makes it hard to interact with people who care more about what frameworks (yes, plural) you used than what problem you&#x27;re solving.