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That casts the old "I'll just pick up the language as I go... I'm a fast learner" in an interesting light. And I'd take it as a good counter argument to "smart
by Sukotto 17y ago
That casts the old "I'll just pick up the language as I go... I'm a fast learner" in an interesting light. And I'd take it as a good counter argument to "smart and gets things done". (edit: maybe not "counter arguement since SAGTD is also important. Maybe "corollary" would be a better word choice?)
I've seen a few "will pick up [perl | c++ | java | whatever] as a I go" type guys. (Come to think of it... I've been that guy on occasion)
- MaysonL 17y agoI've done that a few times myself - my first coding experiences with a number of languages were paid gigs [C, shell, Modula-2, Data General Nova assembly, PL/I].