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Similar to parent I bet hard on Python in 2008. That means I've been writing Python for over 10 years. Sure, any programmer can pick up a new language, but I'm

Similar to parent I bet hard on Python in 2008. That means I've been writing Python for over 10 years. Sure, any programmer can pick up a new language, but I'm able to build (what I believe) are useful projects and release them in Python every single week, outside of my full time job, community involvement and family: https://timothycrosley.com/ https://timothycrosley.com/. That level of productivity only comes from long term investment in a language IMHO.

chrisweekly 7y ago
Nice choice. Also, great blog; your `whoami.md` is quite a read. Thank you for sharing! Keep it up!
- elamje 7y ago
  I concur! https://timothycrosley.com/whoami https://timothycrosley.com/whoami
crtlaltdel 7y ago
i first used python in ~2001-2002 and used it for many things, including a bunch of cgi-bin scripts for a very early VOIP startup. i did not consider myself to be a "dev" back then as i was mostly doing EE work and what little programming i did was split between limited firmware development and "scripting". python was an appealing way to script things out quickly. i didnt have much use for the OO, if anything finding it a layer of unneeded complexity. i would agree that there is an amazing amount of productivity to be gained by reaching for mastery over a language. that said, the efficacy of that mastery is determined by how "useful" the language is in a wider context. this is, for better or worse, highly influenced by "popularity" when it comes to programming languages. Mastering something like brainfuck? ymmv ;)
quickthrower2 7y ago
Thanks that makes perfect sense. Often it's the tooling and library experience that makes a difference not just the language. I feel the same way as you do about python about C#/.NET, and I'm happy to have picked C#. I think for most things it would be as good as Python, e.g. web-dev, app-dev. With Xamarin it's a great choice. For data science I'd have to go running to Python or R (maybe I'd do as much in C# as possible), but luckily I don't do much data science.

chrisweekly 7y ago

Nice choice. Also, great blog; your `whoami.md` is quite a read. Thank you for sharing! Keep it up!

elamje 7y ago
I concur! https://timothycrosley.com/whoami https://timothycrosley.com/whoami

crtlaltdel 7y ago

i first used python in ~2001-2002 and used it for many things, including a bunch of cgi-bin scripts for a very early VOIP startup. i did not consider myself to be a "dev" back then as i was mostly doing EE work and what little programming i did was split between limited firmware development and "scripting". python was an appealing way to script things out quickly. i didnt have much use for the OO, if anything finding it a layer of unneeded complexity. i would agree that there is an amazing amount of productivity to be gained by reaching for mastery over a language. that said, the efficacy of that mastery is determined by how "useful" the language is in a wider context. this is, for better or worse, highly influenced by "popularity" when it comes to programming languages. Mastering something like brainfuck? ymmv ;)

quickthrower2 7y ago

Thanks that makes perfect sense. Often it's the tooling and library experience that makes a difference not just the language. I feel the same way as you do about python about C#/.NET, and I'm happy to have picked C#. I think for most things it would be as good as Python, e.g. web-dev, app-dev. With Xamarin it's a great choice. For data science I'd have to go running to Python or R (maybe I'd do as much in C# as possible), but luckily I don't do much data science.