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Unless you are truly an exception, it is unlikely you are as really good at web dev or mobile dev as you claim. It is hard to be good at something unless you truly love the frustrations and joy of it. The only way to calibrate your true level of knowledge is easy: have you participated in the community and given technical talks that have been received with some level of success? If not, it is possible you have a naive sense of your abilities.

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What I mean by really good web dev is that I can program stuffs assigned to me faster and better than senior developers in this big IT company and can work at being better at it. I am asking on directions on whether I should keep focus at web dev or branch out to data structures and algorithms.

I'm sure as hell as a manager at a big IT company I would not want the fastest delivery but a rock solid one with deep understanding from the developers behind it.

Your tone is very agressive; you need a serious record of work and credibility to make statements like yours.

There are data structures and algorithms in web development too, so it wouldn't really be branching out anyway.

What I meant was that, in general all the stuff being done in big IT company for web dev is making UI to get data into database through multiple layers and presentation that data back in many form exposing through services, APIs and consuming it and I'm really good at it. Data structures and algorithms used are fairly basic or implemented itself in the mature frameworks used.

Ok, thanks for the clarification. Take this advice with some healthy skepticism: the one action that will benefit you most in life is to become part of a community, to be part of something bigger than yourself. I was once quite like you - a real efficient developer who could "outcode" and "outlast" the weaker coders. Ultimately, however it felt empty. Developing relationships and friendships with people who care not what you do but share something is important. You are still young - travel the world outside University, endeavor to learn a skill that takes time to become better at. Do not make the mistake of assigning emotional value to how hard you work unless it is for something you own.

Good luck!

Thanks man.

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