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Discussion on: What I'd like to hear from an experienced developer when I was a beginner

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Ivan Neto

Hi Andrew,

The context of the "No" was for the questions beginners usually do to themselves: "Should I learn all languages? Should I learn X, Y, Z? Which language should I learn?" That doesn't really matter.

But of course, to solve a problem you have to pick the right one and do that carefully. I agree with you and I say that right after. It's a pity you didn't read further.

Cheers.

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Nicolas Bousquet

Well I do not really agree there because one is quite likely to be labelled by the language and technologies.

You have to be sure to pick something that has something you value: interresting, easy to find a job or well paid. If you are to choose randomly, that's a bit of a shame.

Also, you'll need years to be really effective on a technology stack, that is be a senior dev that does the work 10 time faster than a beginer and be recognized at such. Sure you can try many languages and that nice, but you'll not be recognized as expert in 10 different languages. And it is only as expert you'll be offered the most interresting positions.