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C++ is in some ways a job security mechanism. Careers are made on deep knowledge of the language. There are whole conferences about language details...
by koffimann 7y ago
C++ is in some ways a job security mechanism. Careers are made on deep knowledge of the language. There are whole conferences about language details...
- m0zg 7y agoBetter that than learning a new web framework every 6 months in perpetuity.
- nicoburns 7y agoReact was released in 2013...
- m0zg 7y agoAnd your code from 2013 pretty much certainly doesn't work anymore. Whereas C++11 is still perfectly adequate, and it works with the latest compilers.
- koffimann 7y agoWell as a serious C++ developer you'll probably want up-to-date and code in C++17 nowadays and that's similar to re-learning JS framweworks every few years. I guess the JavaScript world has it own "mechanisms" for job security.