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Whatever happened to learning something to broaden your view? I doubt I'll get a job in Clojure anytime soon - but learning it has been the biggest eye opener t
by madflame991 10y ago
Whatever happened to learning something to broaden your view? I doubt I'll get a job in Clojure anytime soon - but learning it has been the biggest eye opener to me as a programmer in the last 5 years.
> The answer to all these questions seems to be "no".
In conclusion you shouldn't be learning it and good luck to the company trying to hire people for Rust positions?
You're saying you should only learn what the industry is pushing towards. The thing is that the industry is pushing towards what sort of talent they can acquire - this is a vicious cycle.
- blub 10y agoLearning something to broaden my view is one of my favourite things to do. Except "something" is not a programming language. If there's a worthwhile project that I want to contribute to, I will learn Rust. At least in automotive the industry is not necessarily pushing towards specific tools, they have constraints that limit choices to particular languages.
- __derek__ 10y agoNot that long ago, the idea of trying to get into the automotive industry with a web background would have been laughable. Now, I frequently get inquiries from auto companies interested in my JavaScript experience, despite the fact that I left the Detroit area a few years ago. Even the auto industry changes when faced with a better way to do things, and its constraints actually seem to align well with Rust's core design principles. All it takes is a first mover.
- blub 10y agoThey will use JS where it makes sense, e.g: web UIs to drive some background components. These are new projects. Let's see if that first mover decides to show up.