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If you're trying to expand your knowledge, then waffling over which thing to learn is just procrastination.
by always_good 8y ago
If you're trying to expand your knowledge, then waffling over which thing to learn is just procrastination.
- AnimalMuppet 8y agoWell... to learn a language moderately well takes weeks. To learn it really well takes months. To learn it at an expert level takes years. It might be worth a day or two of thought before that kind of investment. Eventually, sure, it becomes procrastination. But just randomly choosing isn't really the optimal approach either.
- adwn 8y agoNo. By that logic, you could as well open a random page on Wikipedia and start learning new stuff. Choosing to study a certain technology in depth carries with it a high opportunity cost in the form of your time.
- imtringued 8y agoThey are almost equivalent choices in terms of return of investment. C++ is used almost everywhere. Rust will allow you to write programs with less bugs and similar performance to C++. The opportunity cost of figuring out which one is better can often be higher than just trying out both choices. [1] [1] https://xkcd.com/1445/ https://xkcd.com/1445/
- adwn 8y ago> They are almost equivalent choices in terms of return of investment. Someone who asks whether they should learn C++ or Rust probably doesn't know this – otherwise, they wouldn't ask.