> when I did read the spec, I was pleasantly surprised, perhaps naive, that all the information I needed to learn the language was right there This...I couldn'

> when I did read the spec, I was pleasantly surprised, perhaps naive, that all the information I needed to learn the language was right there This...I couldn't place enough emphasis on it. If I could attribute a single factor which has had the most impact in differentiating my performance vs. peers who were hired around the same time, it'd be a philosophy of setting aside time to study specs in detail and keeping up with them.