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C has become a niche language used in some tech companies (for OSes, drivers, embedded etc.), while Python has application also outside tech (finance, e-commerc
by taway_1212 9y ago
C has become a niche language used in some tech companies (for OSes, drivers, embedded etc.), while Python has application also outside tech (finance, e-commerce, etc. etc.). The non-tech jobs far outnumber the tech jobs (maybe at 1000 to 1?), and are also more evenly geographically spread.
Regarding algorithms, even developers who do things algorithmically heavy, such as for example data compression or procedural 3D animation, claim to work on the actual algorithms for maybe 10% of their time. 90% of the job is actually the "everything else" - testing, optimising, polishing, chasing platform bugs etc.
- philonoist 9y agoThis is something interesting and new to me. I will keep this in mind when I join an internship. Thanks.