Discussion and Comment of the Week
Tags: bestofdev
Published: 2022-04-21 16:42:06

**The DEV team is starting a new weekly roundup series to highlight what we believe to be the most thoughtful and/or interesting discussion of the week. We'll also be highlighting one particularly cool comment in each installment.** 🙌 

There are loads of awesome conversations happening on DEV across various tags ([#discuss](https://dev.to/t/discuss), [#help](https://dev.to/t/help), and [#watercooler](https://dev.to/t/watercooler) to name a few...) so our picks are going to be a somewhat subjective, but we'll try to be as fair as we can in our quest to spotlight these discussions and comments. 

**So, why are we doing this?**

For one, we want to have some fun and make folks feel good! 😄

But also, we think that the DEV Community is particularly special because of the kind and thoughtful discussions happening between community members. We want to encourage folks to participate in discussions and reward those who are initiating or taking part in conversations across the community. After all, a community is made possible by the people interacting inside it.

We have such a great gathering of folks from different backgrounds, at various stages in their dev journeys, all with unique perspectives and something worth sharing! Let's keep the discussions rolling, stay friendly, and help one another out when possible, and enjoy each others' company.

**We hope you enjoy this new series! Let's get to it...**

## Discussion of the Week

This week we'd like to highlight "[Those of you who've worked as a contractor and as a full-time employee, which did you prefer?](https://dev.to/moopet/those-of-you-whove-worked-as-a-contractor-and-as-a-full-time-employee-which-did-you-prefer-5b2p)" posted by @moopet.

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It's common for devs to work both contract jobs and full-time positions, so this one feels particularly relevant to many folks here. Plenty of community members chimed in to talk about their personal experiences as both contractors & full-time team members and there was a lot of great guidance given around the pros/cons of both.

If you have any thoughts on the matter, don't be shy! Head on over to [the post](https://dev.to/moopet/those-of-you-whove-worked-as-a-contractor-and-as-a-full-time-employee-which-did-you-prefer-5b2p) and chime in.

## Comment of the Week

We're choosing to spotlight [this particularly helpful comment](https://dev.to/marissab/comment/1nknc) from @marissab in response to "[I want to start writing about development, but I’m a beginner. Is this is a bad idea?](https://dev.to/sloan/i-want-to-start-writing-about-development-but-im-a-beginner-is-this-is-a-bad-idea-3363)" which was posted by [Sloan](https://dev.to/sloan), DEV's mascot, anonymously on behalf of a community member.

{% embed https://dev.to/marissab/comment/1nknc %}

There were **so many** thoughtful, helpful comments posted to this prompt that it's really hard to choose just one. It's awesome to see how kind and encouraging the community has been in response to new devs writing while they're in their early days of learning. Marissa's comment really shines here as it's particularly instructive on _how_ a new dev might shape their content to fit the stage that they're at. It encourages folks that are new to development to be honest & open in their writing and reminds them to show their work & be open to instructive criticism. All great advice!

## That's all

Again, we hope you enjoy this new series! Keep the helpful discussions & thoughtful comments coming, and stay tuned to this series for next week's picks.