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Why?

• convolvatron 10y ago
  unless you're talking about device physics, or materials science, or math, or something - you know, really hard... i don't see why picking up some new language or web framework or version control system should be beyond a reasonably skilled practitioner
  • merb 10y ago
    cause you will only have a basic skill in it. sorry but I wouldn't hire you with a basic skill when I could get younger people that have the same skill and will probably learn faster. if you are advanced in your skill set, than I will hire you probably depends on how you act, but just saying "I can learn any technology." is pretty naive. maybe you briefly scratched an egg of the technology but you are so far behind the others that we could get pretty reasonable other people. You should really focus on stuff that you are doing else you will never master anything and be a junior all the time.
    • lordCarbonFiber 10y ago
      No offense, but your standpoint sounds like the naive one. You'll miss out on a lot of good talent if you are only hiring from a pool of people that are pre-specialized. For any position below senior engineer or tech lead, I couldn't imagine putting much stock at all in competency in any specific tech stack. Hiring quick learners helps you hedge your risk if you ever need to pivot (scale, platform swap, etc).
      • merb 10y ago
        from 5 people only one will be a quick learner, even if they all say they do. it's just not just the language that you need to learn, basically you mostly also need to learn things about the product.