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I think it's interesting that the author says: "I’m betting my career on it" Careers in software are (hopefully) long and varied. Committing to work for a few
by matthewrudy 11y ago
I think it's interesting that the author says: "I’m betting my career on it"
Careers in software are (hopefully) long and varied.
Committing to work for a few years on one particular technology should not make or break your career.
As long as we're always learning and sharing our knowledge and skills, we should all be better off.
Regardless of whether Dart ever hits the mainstream.
- incepted 11y ago> I think it's interesting that the author says: "I’m betting my career on it" Yes, the author is probably a bit junior in that field. You don't bet your career on technologies, much less languages (especially beleaguered languages like Dart). You take a bet, see if it works for a few years and if it doesn't (which is the case for 99% of languages out there), you move on to something else.
- danpeddle 11y agoCross pollination of ideas from working with different languages is a very powerful thing. Coders often, sadly, regard 'their language' as a walled garden, whereas in fact there is so much crossover in terms of technique, it only makes your knowledge deeper and more solid seeing how solutions are achieved in different ways. At least, that's been my experience as an average/middling dev - there may well be some level of zen where this doesn't apply, but I'm hard pressed to think of one right now.