language is not only a syntax (that you can truly get within a day or two) but also a platform, stl, 3rd party libs and frameworks, and what is the most important - community, vision. you have to pick carefully, otherwise if you might opt for a low-hanging php fruit and lack Kafka or gRPC support, and eventually miss out on modern technologies like real-time data stream processing. Do languages matter? Hell yes they do!
what caught my eye was the pitch about languages. so I paid some attention to that. the rest of the post might be legit or might be not, I dont care much ) and bs is not because I just disagree, I’ve been there before )
Did you read the next line about the fair answer yes and no, I do agree that an expert should be bound to some particular technologies but nowdays everyone seems to be going after the most adopted languages without taking consideration of its shortcomings. This community is not a rogue or rude community if you disagree with something kindly say your opinion no need to be harsh on other people's opinions please don't think this community is BS
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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.
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.
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Do languages matter?
Short answer: No.
didn’t read further. BS
language is not only a syntax (that you can truly get within a day or two) but also a platform, stl, 3rd party libs and frameworks, and what is the most important - community, vision. you have to pick carefully, otherwise if you might opt for a low-hanging php fruit and lack Kafka or gRPC support, and eventually miss out on modern technologies like real-time data stream processing. Do languages matter? Hell yes they do!
Just because you don't agree? How will you ever learn other points of views and ideas if you never read past what you don't agree with?
what caught my eye was the pitch about languages. so I paid some attention to that. the rest of the post might be legit or might be not, I dont care much ) and bs is not because I just disagree, I’ve been there before )
Did you read the next line about the fair answer yes and no, I do agree that an expert should be bound to some particular technologies but nowdays everyone seems to be going after the most adopted languages without taking consideration of its shortcomings. This community is not a rogue or rude community if you disagree with something kindly say your opinion no need to be harsh on other people's opinions please don't think this community is BS
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.
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.