My intro to programming professor at university told this when we asked him why we are being taught C and not a "modern" language like Python or Java (it was 8 years ago) : "Programming is like learning to ride a bicycle. You learn to use one, you can use any other with a minimal amount of relearning.". I believe that this advice still applies. To rephrase it : 'Do not chase after technologies. Learn the fundamentals. Most "new" technologies are just reinventions in a hype cycle.'
C is still pretty much used in a lot of places, specially in embedded due to the boom we've been having with IoT. Some technologies may be old, but that doesn't mean they are useless.
Aside of that, I 100% agree with your. People think that they need to always catch up with the latest JS framework or they'll be out of the market, that's a bad thing that the ever breaking changing web dev community developed in the last years.
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My intro to programming professor at university told this when we asked him why we are being taught C and not a "modern" language like Python or Java (it was 8 years ago) : "Programming is like learning to ride a bicycle. You learn to use one, you can use any other with a minimal amount of relearning.". I believe that this advice still applies. To rephrase it : 'Do not chase after technologies. Learn the fundamentals. Most "new" technologies are just reinventions in a hype cycle.'
C is still pretty much used in a lot of places, specially in embedded due to the boom we've been having with IoT. Some technologies may be old, but that doesn't mean they are useless.
Aside of that, I 100% agree with your. People think that they need to always catch up with the latest JS framework or they'll be out of the market, that's a bad thing that the ever
breakingchanging web dev community developed in the last years.