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For more on this sort if thing, Patrick McKenzie’s writing is good: - https://www.kalzumeus.com/2011/10/28/dont-call-yourself-a-programmer/ https://www.kalzume

For more on this sort if thing, Patrick McKenzie’s writing is good: - https://www.kalzumeus.com/2011/10/28/dont-call-yourself-a-programmer/ https://www.kalzumeus.com/2011/10/28/dont-call-yourself-a-pr... - https://www.kalzumeus.com/2014/04/09/what-heartbleed-can-teach-the-oss-community-about-marketing/ https://www.kalzumeus.com/2014/04/09/what-heartbleed-can-tea...

kirRoyale 8y ago
You are right, great posts. Thanks for sharing.
SamuelAdams 8y ago
Thanks for the links! I really wish I read these when I was in my undergrad, they are really good!
eikenberry 8y ago
> In the real world, picking up a new language takes a few weeks of effort and after 6 to 12 months nobody will ever notice you haven’t been doing that one for your entire career. Spoken as someone who has never taken the time to fully master a programming language and, from the sound of it, has never worked with someone who has either. The difference between someone who has spent 6-12 months with a language compared someone who has spent 6-12 years is night and day. From the general tone of the article, he obviously focuses more on the business value than on the technical side and that is a pretty good approach for making money. But I'll take Peter Norvig's advice (http://norvig.com/21-days.html http://norvig.com/21-days.html) over this guys when it comes to mastering a language. To be fair most of the content of those articles is pretty decent though and it is just a pet peeve of mine when people claim that mastery of your medium doesn't matter.
- 52-6F-62 8y ago
  Thanks for posting that Norvig post. It's fantastic.
- Aeolun 8y ago
  In my experience, having mastery over one language translates more or less directly into being at least journeyman in all others. If you are working with an apprentice, whatever you do, it will seem like you are really experienced.
52-6F-62 8y ago
In my experience, that's not necessarily actionable advice. (the first link)

kirRoyale 8y ago

You are right, great posts. Thanks for sharing.

SamuelAdams 8y ago

Thanks for the links! I really wish I read these when I was in my undergrad, they are really good!

eikenberry 8y ago

> In the real world, picking up a new language takes a few weeks of effort and after 6 to 12 months nobody will ever notice you haven’t been doing that one for your entire career. Spoken as someone who has never taken the time to fully master a programming language and, from the sound of it, has never worked with someone who has either. The difference between someone who has spent 6-12 months with a language compared someone who has spent 6-12 years is night and day. From the general tone of the article, he obviously focuses more on the business value than on the technical side and that is a pretty good approach for making money. But I'll take Peter Norvig's advice (http://norvig.com/21-days.html http://norvig.com/21-days.html) over this guys when it comes to mastering a language. To be fair most of the content of those articles is pretty decent though and it is just a pet peeve of mine when people claim that mastery of your medium doesn't matter.

52-6F-62 8y ago
Thanks for posting that Norvig post. It's fantastic.
Aeolun 8y ago
In my experience, having mastery over one language translates more or less directly into being at least journeyman in all others. If you are working with an apprentice, whatever you do, it will seem like you are really experienced.

52-6F-62 8y ago

In my experience, that's not necessarily actionable advice. (the first link)