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Heck, I feel like once you are a programmer, you are a programmer. Even after a decade of programming, it still takes me a few days to learn new concepts/libra
by robertAngst 8y ago
Heck, I feel like once you are a programmer, you are a programmer.
Even after a decade of programming, it still takes me a few days to learn new concepts/libraries.
My thing is, if you already know it, copy paste and edit. If you dont know it, build the code for the first time. I feel like this is the difference between a 10 year programmer and 2 year programmer.
I have the foundation for sql databases, so it would take me mere moments to write a new full stack if I already had the code.
- RussianCow 8y agoThis is true to some extent, but sometimes you really do need a specialist. Some fields, such as databases and machine learning, are deep enough that there is a huge difference between someone learning it on the job and someone who has been doing it for 10 years.
- amorphid 8y agoI think it also might be easier to get interviews and job offers for specialist positions where there's less demand. I'm not prepared to make a strong case for that, but I did feel like selling myself as a Ruby on Rails developer made certain portions of technical interviewing a lot more straight forward than when I was interviewing for "I'm a software engineer" roles. Just a feeling.