>Grab any random guy (and at these shops it's always guys) off the street and bang you've got a python dev. I expect any programmer to be able to transfer thei

>Grab any random guy (and at these shops it's always guys) off the street and bang you've got a python dev. I expect any programmer to be able to transfer their skillet to a new programming language - especially when we're talking about mainstream languages with a GC. >There's always going to be an agility multiplier so long as VC is flowing and getting an mvp and a high head count is worth more than any kind of sustainable product. What kind of agility multiplier? Maybe it makes a difference during a hackathon where you have 24 hours to put something together or maybe if you're putting together shell scripts ... but taking something to MVP takes weeks or months - mainstream dynamic languages simply don't have any edge in development speed in those instances.