> But two weeks cannot get you across the bar of "can contribute robust, maintainable code in this language". Unfortunately, this is so true and yet so difficu

> But two weeks cannot get you across the bar of "can contribute robust, maintainable code in this language". Unfortunately, this is so true and yet so difficult for people to realize and understand. I've seen in real life wherein somebody hired at a supreme decision-making authority comes in and says "We'll rewrite everything in language X". Existing folks in the team quickly start ramping up on the language and simultaneously writing production code. Much of the code thus written tends to be pathological.