gregormck

I'm looking to hear from more experienced developers who have overcome being stuck in their programming career. How did you do it?

Is it better to go deeper into a language (in my case PHP) or learn something new (I'm thinking Swift or Java maybe even Go). On one hand learning a new language makes sense, but on the other hand, I'd like obtain deeper knowledge of PHP. My goal is to be a better developer, so both are probably best to do, but I am wondering about specific things to do to become unstuck...

I need someone that I can ask for advice on app structure, how to set up the queuing of jobs, API design and database design / optimisation. My coding is alright and I can hire developers no problem and break tasks down, but I need an experienced developer to lean on for advice from time to time (around 4 hours a month I'd guess). I use "CTO" rather than mentor or advisor because I'd like the person to be part of the team and to believe in the project. Mentor and advisor seem too abstract somehow.